Amy Siewe heads out in the evening, often alone, to hunt pythons.
She said it’s an enthusiasm that began when she was a kid, however it’s not without danger. The python huntress spoken with Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsdenon Florida’s Fourth Estate about her objective to rid Florida’s Everglades of the intrusive reptiles.
Siewe has actually bagged numerous Burmese pythons and understands how to “work the animal.”
“They could easily crush us in a second without even thinking about it,” she said.
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She said she “really had an appreciation for their power” when she captured a 9-foot python and it covered its tail around her leg for utilize.
She explained it as “no big deal” due to the fact that “that’s what they always do.” But, then things deviated.
“This thing vice grips me, vice grips my calf and it felt like either my calf muscle was going to explode or my bone was going to break. I have never felt anything like it in my life and it was only a nine-foot python,” Siewe said.
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She included that it generally simple to handle a python when an encounter fails.
“All I have to do is let go and it will take off,” she said. “It will probably bite me a couple times, but it will take off.”
Aside from this unanticipated encounter things are a bit more peaceful when the Python Huntress heads into The Everglades. She even explains the experience as cathartic, however she is constantly taking note, all set for the next takedown, even if it’s not her own catch.
Recently she was driving down the roadway when she took place to come upon Jake Waleri battling a 19-foot, python. It was the biggest recorded Burmese python ever caught in Florida.
“I saw him go on the ground which was a little risky,” Siewe said.
Then she hopped into action.
“So I told two of the kids to pull the tail, I got the coil off of his shoulder, I came around and told him to sit all the way on top of her, and so then I wrapped her mouth up,” she said.
Waleri likewise talked with Florida’s Fourth Estate about the experience.
“It felt incredible. I thought this was just a big snake at the time. I thought it would maybe be 16 or 17 feet. I never dreamed that it would actually be the record holder,” he said.
Waleri contributed the snake to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.
But he kept the skin for himself.
“I’m going to turn it into some leather and make a nice trophy out of it,” he said
If you have an interest in belonging to the service, you can sign up with the Python Elimination Program or learn the ropes from Siewe, who likewise teaches individuals the fundamentals of Burmese python hunting, and make some huge money along the method by participating in the Florida Python Challenge.
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