Snake on a boat: 7ft python hitches 100-mile ride round Florida coast
by Associated Press in Marco Island, Florida from Environment | The Guardian on (#5RWN4)
Invasive species that wreaks havoc on land found on vessel after trip from Indian Key to Marco Island
A python sneaked aboard a sailboat in the Florida Keys and lurked undetected until the boat finished a near-100-mile voyage, police said.
The crew found the 7ft snake in the boat's shower after docking on Friday at Marco Island, on the south-west Florida Gulf coast, after a trip from Indian Key, a distance of about 95 miles around the southern tip of the state.
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