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Three hunters caught a 17-foot, 132-pound Burmese python in the Florida Everglades in southern Miami-Dade, a record for the program aimed at curbing the proliferation of the non-native species.
Three hunters caught a 17-foot, 132-pound Burmese python in the Florida Everglades in southern Miami-Dade, a record for the program aimed at curbing the proliferation of the non-native species.
The giant snake was caught Friday at Big Cypress National Preserve, according to NBC 6 Miami.
"That snake could pretty much kill any full-grown man," said one of the hunters who caught the python, Jason Leon, to NBC 6. "If that snake was alive right now, it would probably take like three of us to be able to control that snake."
It's so far the largest snake to be caught under the South Florida Water Management District's python elimination program.
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More than 1,800 firefighters have battled the erratic Thomas fire, which is just 5% contained, according to the latest update by Cal Fire. The Creek fire is also 5% contained and the Skirball fire is 10% contained. Little Mountain Fire is now 100% contained.
This youtube video shows drivers heading down the 405 freeway, where they met giant flames from the several fires burning in Southern California.
Here's a downright scary look at what California drivers were faced with driving to work:
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