WATCH: Florida officer removes massive boa constrictor eating peafowl in middle of road
Boa constrictor removed from Florida road
The Miami-Dade Fire Department recently shared a video on social media showing one of their specialist officers handling a large boa constrictor menacing some peafowl. The video shows L.t Christopher Pecori from the Venom One response unit using a tarp to wrap up the 8-foot, 40-pound snake, which is an invasive species native to Central and South America.
MIAMI-DADE, Fla. - The Miami-Dade Fire Department recently shared a video on social media showing one of their specialist officers handling a large boa constrictor menacing some peafowl.
The video shows L.t Christopher Pecori from the Venom One response unit using a tarp to wrap up the 8-foot, 40-pound snake, which is an invasive species native to Central and South America.
Officials responded to the area after receiving a distress call about a large python on the road that was "menacing a group of peafowl," the fire department said in an Instagram post.
The snake was removed from the residential neighborhood and handed over to Florida Fish and Wildlife.