Nicholas Banos and his trapping partner, Leonardo Sanchez with their huge find
Nicholas Banos and his hunting partner, Leonardo Sanchez, gigantic catch in the Florida Everglades National Park as part of a program pilot initiated by the South Florida Water Management District.
District's program pays local residents a minimum hourly wage from the Burmese pythons, which is a native species in south-east Asia but an invasive species in Florida
The Burmese python is an invasive species in Florida
The Python put up a spirited fight to avoid capture but the two eventually decided one was able to put it in a large bag. The Python even managed to bite Sanchez's hand but fortunately, it is non-venomous.
Banos and Sanchez later euthanized the Burmese Python, something Banos said was bittersweet because they are helping to contain the spread of invasive species, but it was "a little bit of a heartbreak."
The two each by hand
Burmese pythons were first introduced to Florida in 2000 after "irresponsible" owners, who had earlier signed them to south-east Asia, release them into the wild once they grew too big to be a house pet.
Since then, more than 2,000 Burmese pythons have been captured in Florida's wild, a figure estimated to be only a small fraction of their population there.
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