Under a pilot University of Florida-funded ‘python detection project’, the two were taken to the US to help catch Burmese pythons. The Toronto Star dubbed them ‘The pied python pipers of the Florida Everglades’. According to him, the Everglades python menace is “probably the largest reptile problem ever reported on the planet”. (Arun Janardhanan/Photos in Florida courtesy Romulus Whitaker) With the 16-foot female python. (Arun Janardhanan/Photos in Florida courtesy Romulus Whitaker) Masi with his wife Sushila, who works for the Whitaker family.

Source: Indian Express April 15, 2017 18:45 UTC