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Florida Tour Guide Wrestles Python To Death
- Published_at:2013-04-12
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Brainierthaneinstein
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- description: Florida Snake Killed By Tour Guides On Video Shocked tourists film Tommy Owen jumping into the water and grabbing the snake before his partner slices its head off. Florida Snake Killed By Tour Guides On Video Shocked tourists film Tommy Owen jumping into the water and grabbing the snake before his partner slices its head off. 8:51am UK, Friday 12 April 2013 Man wrestles python Video: 'Snake Jujitsu': Man Wrestles Python Email A tour guide wrestled a 10ft python to its death after "ambushing" it in front of a boat-load of tourists and performing what he described as "snake jujitsu". The astonishing battle was captured on video by holidaymakers who watched as Tommy Owen tackled the Burmese python, one of Florida's most dangerous species. Mr Owen, 26, fought with the snake for several minutes before holding it still long enough for his partner, Warren Wortman, to cut its head off. They were travelling with the tourists when the snake was spotted. Mr Owen said: "They don't belong here and that was literally running through my head. "I just launched on it essentially, ambushed it like any other predator out here and just got it - had the best grip on it and never let go the entire tussle." He added: "I didn't even realise it was 10ft (3m), definitely thought it was over 6ft, definitely bigger than me. I didn't realise it was three times the size of my arm. "With a snake especially that big, you get one chance to grab it by the neck where it doesn't bite you. I had him, eventually exposed the neck to Warren. I want the head away. That's the most dangerous part of the snake so I exposed the neck and he was able to eventually make that cut." Jack Shealy, owner of Everglades Adventure Tours, said that in the generations his family has run the business he had never seen a python caught on camera. He said: "Even rarer then encountering a snake is someone jumping on it. Tommy's always been a wild man growing up with him." Pythons are native to South East Asia. The first one was found in the Everglades National Park in 1979 and since then the population has boomed. Experts say that originally the Burmese pythons were introduced to the area because they were unwanted pets that were abandoned and found their way into the national park. Researchers at Virginia Tech University, Davidson College and the US Geological Survey reported that foxes and rabbits had disappeared from the area and that the numbers of raccoons and bobcats had dropped by as much as 99%. The snakes are blamed. So Mr Owen believes he was performing a vital service by killing one. He said: "Unfortunately, that's the problem. I had to make sure that I got this one because it's one less out there - one less eating native species." The snakes have become such a problem that this year authorities introduced a python-hunting competition with a $1,500 (£974) prize for the person bagging the most snakes and a $1,000 (£650) prize for the person capturing the largest one. The biggest python found in the national park was 17ft 6ins. Arabic: الدليل السياحي في ولاية فلوريدا يتصارع الثعبان حتى الموت French: Guide touristique de Floride bat Python à mort Italian: Guida turistica Florida combatte Python a morte Japanese: フロリダ ツアー ガイド Python 死に格闘します。 Korean: 플로리다 투어 가이드 시간 죽음에 파이썬 Latvian: Florida gidu Wrestles Python līdz nāvei Lithuanian: Floridos gido kovoja Python mirties Polish: Przewodnik Floryda walczy Python do śmierci Portuguese: Guia de turismo da Flórida Wrestles Python à morte Romanian: Ghid de turism Florida luptă Python la moarte Russian: Флорида гид борется Python до смерти Swedish: Florida Tour Guide brottas Python till döds Turkish: Florida rehber Python ölüme güreş Urdu: فلوریڈا ٹور گائیڈ ازگر کو مار وریسٹلاس Vietnamese: Hướng dẫn du lịch Florida Wrestles Python đến chết Everglades tour guide Wrestles 10 ft Python to death Florida Tour Guide Wrestles Python To Death - 'Snake Jujitsu' 'Snake Jujitsu': Man Wrestles Beast - Florida Tour Guide Wrestles Python To Death
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