Saw this article today about an invasive snake menacing peafowl in a neighborhood:

The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department (MDFR) recently shared a stunning video of one of its officers handling a large boa constrictor in a residential neighborhood.

The video posted to Instagram and X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday shows Lieutenant Christopher Pecori from the department's Venom One response unit using a tarp to wrap up and capture the 8 foot, 40 pound red-tailed boa constrictor.

The snake, an invasive species native to Central and South America, was "menacing" a group of peafowl when it was captured and removed from the residential area. The animal was "endorsed over to Florida Fish and Wildlife authorities for further processing," according to the MDFR in its Instagram post.

"On Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 12:09 p.m., Lt. Christopher Pecori from the Venom One Response team encountered an invasive red-tailed boa constrictor in the middle of a roadway in Palmetto Bay," the department's Instagram post stated. "A distress call had alerted MDFR about a sizable python on the road that was menacing a group of peafowl, showcasing the danger they pose to local wildlife. The Venom One Response officer promptly headed to the scene and recognized the formidable serpent as an invasive red tail boa constrictor, measuring about eight feet in length and weighing around 40 pounds. Skillfully capturing the snake, the officer safely secured it in a large tarp."

https://www.newsweek.com/stunning-video-shows-menacing-40-pound-boa-constrictor-snake-captured-1853125

So, what made me laugh was how they classified the snake as an invasive species and problem to local wildlife, citing peafowl, which is another name for peacock, which is ALSO an invasive non-native species.  The officer will haul off the snake, but not the non-native, invasive, nuisance birds!  LOL

I'm sure you laughed very loudly and heartily at this bro because it is so ironic and amusing  lol

Yup, peafowl and red tailed boas are both invasive species. I have an intense dislike for peafowl, my mother-in-law kept a flock. Feckin' useless birds, loud and the cocks could be aggressive. Peafowl droppings, like any bird droppings are repulsive and adhesive. No problem for her, the farm hands dealt with that, not her.

For some reason, certain shades of blue angered the cocks, they would peck at my car for hours trying to drive it off.

As a kid, I kept snakes as a hobby but never had a boa or anything as large as this report. That snake could eat anything, an estimate up to 20 lbs of dog/cat/whatever. The neighborhood birds in image are lunch. Snakes are really, really strong, have no handles to grab to control them. Now, suppose your kid comes outside and finds Fluffy-Muffin-Cuddles as a snakes lunch? Your beloved pet might well be alive and struggling. You aren't stopping that process once it's started, the snakes teeth are hook/barbed back to the throat.

The quickest and most effective way to stop a snake is destroy the head, which is where the pet is.

Time to call the Cowboy Python Hunter.

Time to call the Cowboy Python Hunter.