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Hunters capture 18-foot reticulated python in Puerto Rico after it was reported strangling a cat
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Fox News, Breitbart News and the Daily Mail report that python hunter Kevin Pavlidis, known as Snakeaholic, and the group Proyectos Retic captured a reticulated python measuring about 18 feet 4 inches in Puerto Rico. The outlets say the snake was spotted behind a house strangling a pet cat, and that the hunters tracked it for about 20 minutes in the jungle. Pavlidis is quoted saying the capture was a record for the island. The outlets describe the reticulated python as an invasive species in Puerto Rico. Whether the cat survived is not reported. The account rests on Pavlidis's own social media posts and video, and the outlets relay it without independent confirmation of the measurement or the record.
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Hunters captured a reticulated python measuring about 18 feet 4 inches in Puerto Rico.
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Kevin Pavlidis, known as Snakeaholic, worked with the group Proyectos Retic on the capture.
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Pavlidis said the python was the longest live captured reticulated python ever caught in Puerto Rico.
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The snake was reported to have been spotted strangling a pet cat behind a house; the cat's fate is not reported.
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The capture took about 20 minutes of searching in the jungle, according to Pavlidis.
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Fox News, Breitbart News and the Daily Mail all report that Kevin Pavlidis and Proyectos Retic captured an 18-foot reticulated python in Puerto Rico after it was spotted strangling a pet cat. The coverage presents the capture as a record and stresses the python as an invasive species, with the Daily Mail using the most dramatic wording.
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Headlines lead with the record size and the cat attack, presenting the hunters' capture as a feat against an invasive predator; the Daily Mail frames it as a monstrous invasive animal.
Python Hunters Catch Record 18 Foot Long Reticulated Python Strangling a Cat in Puerto Rico
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the beastMonstrousMonstrous invasive python
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…on social media, worked with the python hunter group Proyectos Retic to capture the beast, which someone originally spotted strangling a cat behind a house.
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Monstrous invasive python captured in Puerto Rico after trappers saw it strangling a pet cat
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Monstrous invasive python captured in Puerto Rico after trappers saw it strangling a pet cat
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Sensational language“Monstrous”Calling the python monstrous adds a dramatic judgement beyond the measured facts.More neutral: LargeDisagree with this highlight? invasive python captured in Puerto Rico after trappers saw it strangling a pet cat
A professional exotic animal hunter captured a rare breed python in Puerto Rico after the reptile was spotted eating a homeowner's cat behind their house.
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Python Hunters Catch Record 18 Foot Long Reticulated Python Strangling a Cat in Puerto Rico
Python hunters recently broke a record catching the longest live captured Reticulated Python in Puerto Rico — measuring over 18 feet long.
- Fox NewsFar Right
Python hunters snag Puerto Rico's largest reticulated python on record after it was spotted strangling pet cat
Kevin Pavlidis helped capture an 18-foot reticulated python in Puerto Rico after the invasive snake was spotted strangling a pet cat behind a house.
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Fox News, Oct 19, 7:35 PM EDT
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