Indian River Care and Control took custody of the cake however it will eventually be turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Officials believe the snake either escaped from a home or was released into the wild by its owner.

This isn’t the first time a big non indigenous species of snake was found in the area. A animal control spokesman says several big snakes have been found in the county over the past three years, with the largest being 16-feet-long.

Animal control says the release of exotic pets into the wild is a growing problem in the South Florida region. Pet owners often ditch their animals thinking they can survive and fend for themselves. However, the problem is by doing this the balance of the ecosystem is negatively affected and sometimes the former pets make their way into human habitats.

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Beast versus Beats, its a grudge match at the top of the food in the Miami everglades. A 13 foot Burmese python literally exploded after it bit off more than it could chew trying to swallow a six foot alligator, which was both whole and alive at the time.

The left over bits or evidence was filmed by a biologist in a helicopter.

According to wildlife experts over the last few the years, many pythons have been abandoned in the Everglades by pet owners. These pythons go on to kill the native wildlife, and it was hoped that the alligators may be able to control the python outbreak. But on this occasion it looks like a nil all draw.

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