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10-foot python removed from under car hood in Florida

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Authorities say a 10-foot Burmese python was removed from under the hood of a car in Florida.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a tweet Thursday that the snake was coiled up under the hood of a Ford Mustang in Dania Beach.

Pythons have become a serious environmental problem in the nearby Everglades because they eat almost anything and have no natural predators, save for the occasional alligator.

They can reach lengths of 18 feet.