Burmese python sighted at Long Lake in Everglades National Park
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- Опубликовано: 9 янв 2021
- I was shocked to see this 4 foot Burmese python poking it's head above the waters of Long Lake in Everglades National Park. The more I thought about it, though, the more I realized it wasn't as unusual as anyone would want it to be! These snakes have spread all throughout the Everglades and are known to seek rookeries out for easy meals. I included a few other photos including an American crocodile with a damselfly friend and a few birds. Make sure to check out my video on the forster's tern feeding frenzy I witnessed on this trip as well!
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I do not have the balls to even get close to waters that contain terrifying predators like that.
The crocodiles are not as terrifying as people make them out to be, at least not the ones in Florida. The species in Australia and Africa are known to be much more aggressive but the american crocodile is much more skittish and isn't known to attack humans. They occasionally show up on certain beaches in South Florida and the Florida Keys. As far as I know, burmese pythons have also not attacked any humans in Florida.
@@joemdo_southflorida what about alligators underneath Florida water? 😂
I never knew pythons could swim ..Anacondas yes but not phythons
@@semoneg2826 whereas I strongly believed that ALL snakes are naturally able to swim.
@@mavinaxi4240 The reason I never like lakes and rivers lol
Really nice Joe!
"I'll try and get a little closer.........." 😂😂😂😂
have you considered helping to hunt the pythons? Would be great to report the sightings to have the hunters catch them.
No! Pythons may be "invasive" (through no fault of their own), but they are actually friendly to humans. It's the man-eating creatures like alligators and crocodiles they go after.
@@sdlock83 they need to be taken out of the Everglades.
I hope you caught it or called it in.
Nice photo of the croc with the insect on top of him.. You must have a really great camera to get such clarity.. Good job Sir!
Thanks! I was using a Nikon D7200 with a 300mm lens and a 1.4x teleconverter so 420mm of magnification. I love this setup and have been shooting with it for a 5+ years!
@@joemdo_southflorida no Croc in America.
Just a form of alligator.
You only have two forms of Croc, fresh water and salt.
There are numerous forms of gators and gator-likes.
Crocs are only found in Africa( specifically East, central and south); south Asia and Australia.
@@josephujiadughele6035 We do have crocodiles in Florida, known as American crocodiles. The scientific name is Crocodylus acutus. The most well-known crocodiles in the world are in the same genus, the Nile Crocodile, from Africa (Crocodylus niloticus) and the Saltwater Crocodile from Southeast Asia and Australia (Crocodylus porosus). We also have Alligators, which are are in another genus (Alligator mississippinesis). To learn more about crocodiles and alligators in Florida, see here: www.usgs.gov/faqs/do-alligators-and-crocodiles-exist-together-anywhere-world#multimedia
@@joemdo_southflorida they are forms of gators pls, called gator- likes that's why some consider them a probable Croc.
They are gators
@@josephujiadughele6035 Alligators look totally different with a wide and rounded snout, unlike a crocodile, which has a triangular/more pointed snout. You can compare skulls of both species found in South Florida here: images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556323dee4b006bb6875f975/1505742705199-VI20SCNFEAJ4QOJHSV4W/SKULLS-ALLIGATOR-CROCODILE-FLORIDA-KEYS-NATIONAL-WILDLIFE-REFUGES.JPEG
I don't think they're allowed as "pets" any more.But.There's an estimated 100,000 of them now in the S.Fl./ everglades area!😮
They're insidious.
well u didnt get the rare turtle but you did get the rare croc!
Yep! The search goes on for the terrapin but the crocs really like that area along with Flamingo a little further south
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There are thousands of these. Watch Python Cowboy on RUclips.
I took a big 1 here 2 years ago lol .
How'd you get out there?
Wonderful. I love reptiles.. leaves alone
Check out python cowboy he hunts kills them his RUclips channel is awesome
@Emma Home well, they are offered reward money for that?
Burmese pythons are friendly.
Somebody released it.
Nobody released it.They've been mating at an alarming rate for 20 yrs.No real predators and not enough people catching/killing them so...there's an estimated 100,000 of them1😮
So why in the hell did you just let it go.😡
Next time I will jump into the water and wrestle the snake! Sorry to disappoint you!
@Emma Home They are an invasive species and are a threat to Florida's wildlife.
@Emma Home This really doesn't deserve a response but I think you are not in a mature understanding of this problem that has affected Florida.🤔
@@newfee1967 YOU go catch some then!🤭
@@joemdo_southflorida A 4 foot one probably wouldn't be able to kill you.Bite yes.As long as it can't choke you.
I wouldn't sweat Lucy.I SERIOUSLY doubt she'd jump in and grab it either. 🤷♂️