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Tom Rowland Podcast

Kevin Pavlidis - Snakeaholic - 18 Foot 9 Inch Python Florida Record

Tom Rowland Podcast

Waypoint TV

Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9903 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Pavlidis is employed by the FWC to capture invasive snakes and is also an alligator wrestler at the Everglades Holiday Park with the Gator Boys. He recently caught an 18 foot 9 inch python with Ryan Ausburn to set the new Florida Record. We talk about his journey to this wild career, as well as many details surrounding both alligators and pythons. I learn more about the invasive species issues surrounding southern Florida, mostly the Burmese Python. Kevin has a tremendous amount of knowledge to share with us, so be sure to tune in for the full episode. This episode is brought to you by these great sponsors: Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Empire Boat Covers - Protect All The Things You Love - empirecovers.com/TRP Boat Hammock Stands - Comfortable Boating Awaits - boathammockstand.com This episode has been brought to you by Waypoint TV. Waypoint is the ultimate outdoor network featuring streaming of full-length fishing and hunting television shows, short films and instructional content, a social media network, Podcast Network. Waypoint is available on Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, IoS devices, Android Devices and at www.waypointtv.com all for FREE! Join the Waypoint Army by following them on Instagram at the following accounts @waypointtv @waypointfish @waypointsalt @waypointboating @waypointhunt @waypointoutdoorcollective Find over 150 full episodes of Saltwater Experience on Waypoint You can follow Tom Rowland on Instagram @tom_rowland and find all episodes and show notes at Tomrowlandpodcast.com Learn more about Tom's Television shows by visiting their websites: Saltwater Experience Into the Blue Sweetwater   Contact Tom through email: Podcast@saltwaterexperience.com

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0:00.0

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0:33.6

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0:44.1

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0:55.0

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0:57.0

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1:00.0

And I took a video on my empty college dorm room and I just was telling people that right now I'm leaving everything behind and chasing my lifelong dream of being an alligator wrestler.

1:12.0

And then I looked at the camera and went whatever your dream is it

1:17.2

probably sounds more realistic than mine and I'm still pursuing mine and two years later look where I'm still pursuing mine. And two years later, look where I'm at.

1:27.7

Hey, this is Kevin Snakeaholic Pavlittus

1:30.0

and this is the Tom Roland podcast. Hey everybody welcome to the podcast today.

1:54.7

today, Kevin Pavlidus is the Snakeaholic. And the Snakeaholic is his social media handle

1:58.4

that he goes by on Instagram, Facebook,

2:01.0

YouTube, all of the different platforms, that's his handle, so you can follow

2:06.1

him at Snakeaholic and I wanted to start with that because he's doing some really cool stuff.

2:11.9

In fact, he just caught the state record,

2:15.3

Python, Burmese Python.

2:17.7

The thing was over 18 feet long,

2:20.4

ridiculously huge snake. But Kevin is an interesting guy because he has been handling

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