Burmese python

Plus, a large snake spotted in Abaco has people asking questions.

Could a Burmese python be on the island? Officials are now looking into it.

Also, months after government broke ground, questions are now being raised about what's happening at the new hospital site.

And later, five Haitian nationals are facing deportation after being convicted of overstaying their time in the Bahamas.

However, Wilson says the situation is unacceptable and is calling on those responsible to address the issue immediately.

Today, at an event at the Ministry of Education, we asked Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, Keanan Johnson, about the power issues, but he declined to comment on the matter.

Well, a reported sighting of a large snake in Abaco is raising questions about whether a Burmese python could be present on the island.

On Wednesday evening, on the sidelines of the Freedom 2250 cultural event at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Agriculture Marine Resources Minister Joel Campbell confirmed his ministry received the report.

And in tonight's sustainability first segment, a potential threat hiding in plain sight.

A suspected Burmese python in Abaco has residents on alert.

Tonight, we look at what its presence could mean for the island's wildlife.

And then in our news at 7.30, a fight for jobs in Grand Bahama.

Flight attendants told investigators they heard and felt a loud, continuous vibration and saw smoke or fog fill the cabin before oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling.

The plane returned safely to Greece.

In other news, a sighting of a suspected Burmese python on the island of Abago has caused widespread panic.

Residents are being asked to be on the lookout, and officials are investigating whether the potentially invasive species is on the island.

That's the, that's that, that alone.

What, what the Burmese Python population is doing down in Florida is what happened.

I mean, I remember when they banned them, they U S fish and wildlife.

They had the, the press release in Florida.

And there was like a 18, 19 foot Burmese Python skin, like up on this, like board right behind the mic.

and they kind of like zoomed they kind of like had it live on youtube and all you saw was there was nobody at the microphone at the time but all you saw was that skin and i was like they're taking them like it's done like there's why else would they have this massive animal displayed up there you know what i mean

and

There's other problems here.

No, it was some asshole had a pet that he imported that was illegal to have.

Burmese python.

Where do Burmese pythons need to be? In Burma.

So do you need to bring this dead Python into the pizza place? Yes.

So you have to have proof of death.

Oh, it's going to be a funny name.

Dusty Crumb.

Dusty Crumb has a Florida pizza restaurant that will accept Burmese Python carcasses as currency.

But anyways, the girls, I

know Burmese Python.

Yes, probably.

And the girls are like, look at the snake.

Um, so the one thing that, um, you know, first off as a burper, I always joke around, like Florida is kind of like the Mecca.

If you don't want to have to travel out of country, there's so much potential to see so much crazy things that, um, you know, every trip I've ever taken down there, I've at least gone to the Everglades one time, cruise the roads in hopes of maybe seeing a Burmese Python.

Um, I think it was maybe near, I don't know, somewhere south of Tampa.

Um, I was going to go fishing and when I was going out to this pier, there was a bunch of, um, spiny tailed iguanas running all over the place.

But my mom was too afraid of snakes.

And my dad thought they popped car tires.

um so but um they uh yeah and that that snake um between the original stories that i grew up hearing and that snake that that my neighbor caught that really like locked in and then i started making money and started and had access to all these imported stuff the first thing i went after um well i take that back the first thing i bred actually was burmese pythons because at the time that's where the money was and everybody wanted them and you know you know every all of us wanted giant snakes so i bred retics and burmese for from about the time i was 18 to maybe i was 20 or 22 and then i was like yeah this giant shits and you know lugging these 16 foot snakes around that it just it wasn't fun and so i started picking up boa constrictors and that became i had i had a i don't honestly know how big it was it was sold to me as a 12 or 13 foot surname red tail it was fucking massive.

Like its head was as big as my hand.

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A man from Brooklyn is facing an illegal possession charge after he was allegedly caught with a large Burmese python in Coney Island.

Lizzie Radabali reports.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said an officer spotted a large snake surrounded by a crowd of about a dozen people, including small children on the boardwalk last month.

According to the DEC, the snake owner identified it as a Burmese python and confirmed he was the owner.

Under state law, it is illegal to own that species of snake as they are considered dangerous.

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But can the Burmese python beat the anaconda in three more rounds? Who knows? Who knows? Round three! And who would win in a help battle? Battle with help.

So this means that Burmese Python gets a little help.

With two Burmese Pythons against one Green Anaconda.

Well, actually, not two Burmese pythons.

Whatever python is good enough to match the Green Anaconda.

So, let's say the Burmese python is getting a little help from another python.

Well, it's probably dust, or, well, well, it's, depends what are we finding on, land or water.

I don't know, so let's just get back to the story.