{"id":883661,"date":"2026-06-21T23:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T23:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/883661\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T23:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T23:28:14","slug":"conservation-team-removes-four-tons-of-large-invasive-snakes-breaks-record-wsb-tv-channel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/883661\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation team removes four tons of large, invasive snakes, breaks record \u2013 WSB-TV Channel 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">FLORIDA \u2014 Florida is home to all sorts of diverse wildlife, beautiful shores and animal-filled ecosystems, but it also has a snake problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Conservancy of Southwest Florida, a volunteer program, recently delivered tons of impact to the invasive species scene in Collier County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Sunshine State constantly faces the threat of multiple invasive species, from snakes to iguanas to giant snails that can harm cement and agriculture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">This time around,<b> <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/record-rpython-removal-season-highlights-conservancys-science-based-efforts-to-protect-native-wildlife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/record-rpython-removal-season-highlights-conservancys-science-based-efforts-to-protect-native-wildlife\/\">the Conservancy said it removed<\/a> four tons of invasive pythons from part of the Florida Everglades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/smart-tv\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><b>TRENDING STORIES:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Four tons, or 8,000 pounds of snake, was removed from the environment in the form of almost 180 pythons, taken away between November and April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cThis marks the greatest biomass of invasive Burmese pythons removed in a single season by the Conservancy\u2019s python tracking team and volunteers since the program began in 2013,\u201d the organization said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Conservancy team said the snakes were found across a 200-square-mile area and the largest of the pythons they found weighed 153 pounds and measured in at 17 feet long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Across the board, the Conservancy 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