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Watch Animal Control Struggles to Remove 13-Foot Burmese Python Pulled from Florida Family’s Pool

 

USA Today:

A Miami family had a surprise, and unwelcomed, Christmas visitor: a 13-foot Burmese python in their swimming pool, according to news reports from South Florida.

Suladie Miranda found the snake “curled up in the corner of the pool” and called 911, WSVN-TV reports.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s “venom response” team responded. (Note: Pythons are not venomous.) It took three tries to nab the slithering intruder, which slipped away and went for a swim before being captured.

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:07pm

    oh for frickin Pete’s Sake, a simple SHOTGUN would have solved the problem — immediately. this is what obama is shoving America into, helpless PETA MORONS. KILL the dang snake — it WOULD kill YOUR KIDS— and be done with it.

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    • PeachyinGA
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 3:26pm

      Exactly! Target practice with my new Christmas present.

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    • LibertyGirl USA
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:16pm

      But then you would have to clean out the pool. Yuck!

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    • nichevo
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 9:17am

      They were successful in capturing the snake. This is the state of the Obama America; mission accomplished! Yes we can!!!! Obama in 2012!!

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    • Cottoneyed77
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:49pm

      EXACTLY……… a shotgun solves the problem. If this were my pool i wouldn’t need to call animal control. This will be the norm someday in South Florida. Once there is no more food in the Glades, they will then move to where there is food. This is going to be an ecological disaster if something isn’t done soon. Make it profitable to kill these things. Say a $1000 per, and then stand back and let the free market solve the problem.

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  • Jumper
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:05pm

    I wouldn’t have called anybody, except friends for the BBQ!! Snake tastes good!

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:45pm

    Occupy swimming pool.. Snake~

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  • itwasdin
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:32pm

    First why do they have to man handle these animals to catch them, Wild Kingdom always used a stick with a hoop on the end, second making sushi out of these creatures is a great idea, that beast must weigh nearly a hundred pounds. Is it humane to have to grab these things using bar hands? Just shoot the thing!

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    • Rickfromillinois
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 3:04pm

      I could care less if shooting them is more humane or not. It is safer. Even thought these snakes are not venomous, they can give a really nasty bite. Shoot em, skin em, and eat em. You get a free bbq for you and your friends and a new set of boots not to mention a belt.

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  • schroeder123
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:01pm

    Now that it is captured, send it to PITA.
    Isn’t that…people eating tasty animals ??

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    • LiveNation
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:44pm

      Wow, what a great idea! I’m gonna put that on my list to do this year!

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:56am

      PITA: People Eating Tasty Animals.

      Hmmmmmmmm. What’s wrong with this picture.

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    • FifthWheel
      Posted on December 30, 2011 at 8:34am

      Were you maybe thinking of putting it on a PITA (bread).

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  • idarusskie
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:25pm

    time to have poison laced mice or rabbits .

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  • Hickory
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:17pm

    You are going to see a lot of these encounters in So FL from now on. The mega snakes are multiplying like crazy. If one gets in your pool, stay away from it and call the ACO pronto! If it is in your yard, 12 ga time. These things consider your children as food. If you see a big one around, there are eggs somewhere that will hatch out more. Solution………… move North. The only way to get rid of them now is to start killing them 24/7/12.

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  • Zorba53
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:31am

    Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her snake 40 whacks….

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    • UPSETVET
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:17pm

      Can’t believe that the first responder to the emergency was a woman. Wow, she’s quite a lady and action rewrites the word and definition for “macho”. Ha

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    • jnobfan
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:00pm

      Have seen her on tv a couple of times. Why she thought she could handle a snake that big I do not know. I have seen her with 8 footers but that thing was way too big. She is very lucky it did not bite or drown her. Dumb,dumb,dumb. I bet she would not have done it if a camera was not recording.

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    • PeachyinGA
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 3:35pm

      JNOBFAN, I noticed that around 20seconds into the video after the snake got back into the water, it whipped around and came very close to biting her. She was quick to let the tail go. Agreed … too big a snake for any one person to try to capture (providing capturing is necessary).

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  • Constructionist
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:22am

    @CrackerKen,
    I think that perhaps a 12 gauge shotgun would not be the best tool in this situation. Bad for the snake, but worse for your pool liner.

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    • CrackerKen
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:33am

      Good point. I don;t have a pool, so I didn’t think about that. I guess I’d have to wait until he was on the lawn.

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  • CrackerKen
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:22am

    Haven’t they ever heard of a 12 ga shotgun? BANG! End of problem. I guess they worry about the wrath of the PITA freaks. If I find one of these snakes, it will be DRT (dead, right there). Most of the time, like with alligators, they take them away and kill them somewhere else anyway.

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    • DrFrost
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:11am

      I‘m sure Miami has a firearm discharge ordinance so that wouldn’t be a good idea.

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  • hitofly
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:04am

    Bush did it

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  • independentvoteril
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:23am

    well there‘s a critter that doesn’t mind chemicals..

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  • endgamer
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:45am

    Miami? I thought The President was going to Hawaii?

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:05am

    Where do I place my order for a new pair of heels with a matching hand bag and wallet?

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  • THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 3:30am

    That’s how we need to deal with our out of control government

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  • Bonnieblue2A
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:23am

    What python? I see a purse, boots, a nice belt with maybe a matching holster…….

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  • Armyof One
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:11am

    It would have been a lot easier to remove a dead floating snake carcass from the pool….

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:58am

    Bet that snake was a democrat!

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  • sillyfreshness
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:28am

    Florida is one tropical jungle and after Hurricane Andrew released all these animals into the wild, this type of stuff is pretty “normal” there now.

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    • Crazydoglady
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 7:13am

      You are correct, We also had 2-3 ft iguanas all over the place, but the hard freezes we had the past two years seemed to kill most of them…we were hoping most of the pythons froze too…my husband and used to take our 3 kids fishing out in the glades…not anymore!

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    • Bicyea
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:58am

      That “Andrew Hurricane Story” is a big crock of crap that people try to use to explain the explosion of snakes in the glades. — What do you think actually happens to all those snakes owned by individuals when they get to big to handle? To big for their enclosures? Or eat the family pets?

      The owners release them in the wild or they escape.. Ask anyone you know down here “what ever happened to that snake you had” The answer always is, “I gave it away” Yeah,, to WHO? Who takes all those over-sized snakes? NO ONE!

      The 10 footer found 2 blocks from my house escaped and the owner didn’t bother looking for it or warn the neighbors!!

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    • LondoMollari
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:13pm

      You’re kidding, right? These animals are out there thanks to irresponsible pet owners.

      It’s disruptive to the ecosystem and an inconvience to people to say the least.

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  • cantbelieveallthisgarbagecouldhappenwhodoislap
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:04am

    It looks like a nancy, or a harry,bill,george hillary? Oh my bad its just a snake in the pool.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:04am

    Another illeagal immigrant sponging off the system.

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    • harley3
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 3:07pm

      Actually that is most likely an anchor baby. They grow fast if they have a good food supply. The two Burmese Pythons I had grew to 10 feet in about 18 to 20 months.

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  • katy
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:03am

    So much for jumping in for a midnight dip with the lights off. Sheesh. Can you imagine…..

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  • chasbronson
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:03am

    “Hey, Where’s the fish”.“Guess I will have to wait for that hairless ape to get close enough”. Augh !Darn, it was a trap!

    There is my attempt at comedy this evening.

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  • cantbelieveallthisgarbagecouldhappenwhodoislap
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:00am

    I thought he was on vacation else where!

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  • chasbronson
    Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:58pm

    He was just “occupying” the pool.

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