“One of the gnarliest things I’ve seen, this python we caught had a tick over where it’s eye should be,” wildlife adventure tour guide Chris Gillette wrote in a March 21 Facebook post.

National Python caught in Everglades had blood-sucking tick filling its eye socket. See photos By Mark Price Updated March 25, 2024 4:54 AM ...

After seeing several people posing with the python, Costa was asked if she too would like to have a photograph. She said: “When the dancer suggested it, it seemed like fun.