Python with 87 eggs inside

Biologists in Florida found a huge python length of 5 meters 35 cm, inside which were 87 eggs that could be born 87 pitonchikov. He was killed by a member of the Office of Water Resources of South Florida, as it represents a considerable danger to others. It is worth noting that the value of a python laying 12-36 eggs on the average, the same record appeared. Not to mention the fact that there has never been found python more than this.

To be precise, the python found in Everglades National Park. His weight was 70 kg. It is about the Burmese python (python molurus). Inside this python was found 87 eggs! For the first time this kind of snake was found in this national park in 1979. Scientists say that Burmese pythons were brought illegally to the United States where they have been actively playing. Experts had hoped that pythons master the swampy Everglades National Park, where there are currently tens of thousands. However, contrary to the specialists, to keep the snakes in the park failed, and they began to spread on the territory of the state. In Florida, there are even special patrols designed to find and catch pythons. Scientists fear the possibility of the spread of pythons in the territory SSHA.

Burmese pythons feed on birds, deer, lynx and even alligators, and some mammals. As explained by the director of the National Museum in Florida Crisco Kenneth (Kenneth Krysko): «pythons live very long. They are extremely hardy and voracious. They are a nuisance to us and animals in the national park ».

Biologists suggest that the United States is home to hundreds of thousands of Burmese pythons. The rapid growth of the population of pythons in the United States led to the adoption of the law on the prohibition of keeping them at home and transporting them without permission. And the residents of Florida, even have the right to hunt pythons in some seasons. though with the appropriate razresheniya.

 - Even 25 years ago, Burmese pythons have been much easier and if you want to meet him, you had a good look. Now you see them everywhere. In a single day we found them 14 pieces - said the director of the National Muzeya.

Museum staff are trying to figure out how you can reduce the number of pythons in the future, because they will soon occupy the entire park.

Source: kp.ua/daily/170812/352230/