The two were out fishing with their pet Brazilian tufted capuchin monkey that day before getting the call from a residential property in Naples.
The pair said they were able to capture it after being called to a home’s backyard in Florida. They said at first, they were told the snake was an invasive python.
Pythons are invasive in Florida, and there are a variety of removal programs and professional removal services, according to the group. But this snake turned out to be an albino boa constrictor, weighing 52.6 pounds and measuring 9 feet, 5 inches long.channel, showing the pair wrangling the white snake. They transported the snake in a wheelbarrow to a shadier area, so it didn’t overheat while they measured it.
The group said the snake was likely kept as a pet and released when it got too large, or it may have been lost during a hurricane. “We wish we could know how this animal ended up where it did, but that will likely remain a mystery,” Tobie’s Troop shared with the video.Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. TMX contributed to this report.
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