Posted: 8:59 am EDT August 26, 2010
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. -- Lake County leaders have approved funding for a research facility that will breed snakes that can grow to be eight feet long.
The eastern indigo snake is a threatened species that has disappeared from much of Florida due to development.
While the snakes are considered a threatened species now, experts say they were once very common.
"In fact, in Seminole State Forest, here locally, and in the Ocala National Forest, indigos are natural and exist there and have for thousands of years," said Fred Antonio, Center for Indigo Conservation.
Researchers say the snakes are not poisonous, and don't pose a threat to people. They plan to breed up to 300 snakes per year and place on state land in the panhandle.
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