Flying into Florida for a winter vacation? If you look out the plane window once you’re near your destination and the ground seems to be writhing, it’s because the entire state is covered with pythons. Checking out the bathtub in your hotel room? Python. Looking in the back seat of your roller-coaster car at Walt Disney World? Python. Rental-car trunk? Restaurant toilet? Rest-stop trash can? Curbside mailbox? Python, python, python, python.
Key point: “The snakes can be 26 feet long and as thick as telephone poles, we’re told.”