Matthew Kogo “wrestles”a 17-foot Burmese python in the Florida Everglades in a recent Instagram video on his public profile (@pythonswampman). Though he provides some “ideas and tricks” for contending a snake this big, the trapper also advises followers not to attempt this in the house. Unless, possibly, you reside in south Florida.
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) allows members of the general public to trap Burmese pythons since these massive constrictor snakes are an intrusive types, and they take on native snakes for resources.
“Members of the public might catch and humanely kill nonnative reptiles like Burmese pythons,” FWC says plainly on its website. “The FWC deals with partners to manage Burmese pythons in a range of methods. However, we encourage the public to get included, too!”
Burmese pythons live mostly in the Everglades environment in south Florida. These nonvenomous snakes grow to be up to 18 feet long, although they’re usually 6-9 feet long. They’re constrictors, which indicates they squeeze their prey to death before consuming it entire.
In Kogo’s video, he adeptly holds the snake’s head, changing hands as the snake tries to cover its enormous self around the trapper’s arms and body. He states he’s allowing the snake to tire itself out without tiring himself out while doing so.
Watch a trapper tangle with a massive Burmese python here:
Would you contend a huge python for conservation?
A trapper battles a 17-foot Burmese python in Florida, providing some “ideas and techniques” for tangling with a snake this big.