Burmese python 12 ft long found in Florida everglades
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Origins: This photograph of a large snake first hit our inbox in May 2011, when it was most commonly described as a picture of a creature that was loosed in Louisiana when the Morganza Spillway was opened to relieve flooding pressures along the Mississippi River. It has also been circulated with text identifying it as a King Brown snake photographed in New South Wales (NSW), Australia; a black mamba from South Africa; and a snake (of unidentified species) spotted in "Delray [Beach], near Tamarac, Florida."
The identification of the Australian locale appears to be correct, but not the snake's status as a genuine example of reptilian wildlife. According to a discussion thread on reddit, the snake is a sculpture situated alongside Uralba Street in Alstonville, NSW, where one of the site's member photographed herself with the artwork in January 2012:
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals...Dud0XAZLUPT.99
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