Dickes Ding! Das Pyhtonweibchen schlug alle Rekorde im US-Bundesstaat Florida. | Heute.at

Dickes Ding! Das Pyhtonweibchen schlug alle Rekorde im US-Bundesstaat Florida.

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Download von www.picturedesk.com am 28.06.2022 (10:39). ACT action_39277613 -- : **NO NEW YORK POST, NEWS CORP OR RTL USAGES**.Terrifying images show a humongous nearly 18-foot-long python after it was found in Florida, US The beast is the largest python found in the state to date, weighing in at 215lbs (15st 3lbs) Wildlife biologists captured the creature Äì who was carrying a record 122 developing eggs, which increases what was believed to be the highest number of eggs a female can potentially produce per breeding cycle Scientists also found that the snake's last meal was an adult white-tailed deer, the endangered Florida panther's primary food source The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, which established an invasive python removal program in 2013, said that prior to the new record, the largest female python removed through the program weighed 185 pounds Female Burmese pythons are far larger than males. Biologists place trackers on the males to help them find the females Ian Bartoszek, environmental science project manager for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, said: "This season we tracked a male scout snake named Dionysus, or Dion, to a region of the western Everglades that he frequented for several weeks. We knew he was there for a reason, and the team found him with the largest female we have seen to date "The removal of female pythons plays a critical role in disrupting the breeding cycle of these apex predators that are wreaking havoc on the Everglades ecosystem and taking food sources from other native species "This is the wildlife issue of our time for southern Florida.".Since 2013, the Conservancy has removed more than 1,000 pythons weighing more than 26,000 pounds from approximately 100 square miles of southwest Florida Pictured: GV,General View.Ref: SPL5321650 250622 .Picture by: Jam Press/The Conservancy of Southwest Florida/Amazing Animals+/TMX / SplashNews.com photodesk@spla - 20220625_PD19021 - Rechteinfo: Rights Managed (RM)