8.5.11 Everglades National Park - 1 Python
Tonight I had the honor of accompanying a veteran Python Hunter (he holds Python Permit #1 for the National Park) and a Biologist from Denison University to the Everglades National Park (on a separate note, I heard from Skip Snow that I have been approved for the National Park Permit... WooHoo!!!) It was a great time and I thoroughly enjoyed the education from both. Of course, I think they intentionally choose to call every snake we saw by their scientific names just to tease me. LOL, a faccia-what? I just nodded. :) We saw a lot of snakes, ranging from Ribbon Snakes to Banded Water Snakes (saw a lot of these), but unfortunately we didn't see any Pythons. We stopped to walk around, and I have to admit, I was a bit unprepared compared to my comrades, for the mosquito attack that happened for the next 30 minutes. I will be better prepared next time. I did find a snake as we were walking around, a Florida Kingsnake.
We called it a night around 1:00 am and started for home. A few miles away from the Everglades National Park, and outside of the WMA's we came across a 3.5' Python in road. We stopped and jumped out and it was obvious right away that it had been hit by a car, but it was still alive and instantly struck out in defense when grabbed. We bagged it up, and it will be dropped off, most likely to be euthanized so it doesn't suffer. This snake was most likely born last year.
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