Matthew Kogo “wrestles” a 17-foot Burmese python within the Florida Everglades in a current Instagram video on his public profile (@pythonswampman). Although he gives some “suggestions and methods” for tangling with a snake this massive, the trapper additionally advises followers not to do this at residence. Except, perhaps, you reside in south Florida.
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Fee (FWC) permits members of the general public to lure Burmese pythons as a result of these large constrictor snakes are an invasive species, they usually compete with native snakes for assets.
“Members of the general public could seize and humanely kill nonnative reptiles like Burmese pythons,” FWC says plainly on its web site. “The FWC works with companions to handle Burmese pythons in a wide range of methods. Nonetheless, we encourage the general public to become involved, too!”
Burmese pythons dwell primarily within the Everglades ecosystem in south Florida. These nonvenomous snakes develop to be as much as 18 toes lengthy, though they’re usually 6-9 toes lengthy. They’re constrictors, which implies they squeeze their prey to loss of life earlier than consuming it complete.
In Kogo’s video, he adeptly holds the snake’s head, switching arms because the snake tries to wrap its humongous self across the trapper’s arms and physique. He says he’s permitting the snake to tire itself out with out tiring himself out within the course of.
Watch a trapper tangle with a large Burmese python right here:
Would you tangle with a large python for conservation?
