The student wrestled the python into submission, jumping out of the way as the snake lunged toward him, fangs bared, before darting back in to close his hands around its neck.
It was already a remarkable score for Waleri, a 22-year-old rising college senior at Ohio State University, and his group: a mix of college and childhood friends on an amateur hunting trip who could hardly boast the experience or credentials of the contractors paid by the state to root out the snakes.
It helped that Waleri was also protecting the picturesque swamps and wetlands around his home. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission permits the hunting and killing of Burmese pythons, which can prey on animals as large as alligators. By the time he set off for the Big Cypress National Preserve on Sunday evening, he felt practiced enough to bring along three friends with little experience catching pythons.For around five hours, they searched and spotted several snakes native to the area – but no pythons. Then Waleri saw the large, olive-green snake looming ahead of them in the road.
The python lunged at Waleri and his friends around five times, he said. After the last attempt, Waleri saw his opening. His friends whooped and cheered – “Let’s goooo! Dude!” – like they were watching a wrestling match. Then they rushed to help. As Waleri grappled with the snake’s head, it coiled around him, and Dorobanti and the rest of the group had to help pull it off.Another python hunter came to assist them and wrapped the python’s mouth shut with electrical tape, subduing it for good.
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