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As the Florida Python Challenge gets closer, let's take a look at the largest Burmese pythons caught in Florida.
A team of Florida wildlife biologists captured the largest Burmese python ever discovered in the state, officials announced Thursday. The gargantuan female serpent, considered an invasive species ...
Florida’s largest ever python has been found. Here’s the untold story of its discovery. An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the quest to rid the Everglades of invasive Burmese pythons ...
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida discovered and captured the largest python yet found in the state, measuring nearly 18 feet long and weighing 215 pounds, according to a Wednesday news release.
The gargantuan snake was a female, measuring nearly 18 feet (5.4 meters) long and weighing 215 pounds (97 kilograms) — 30 pounds (13.6 kg) more than the next-largest python ever found in the state.
It was the largest Burmese python ever found in Florida, breaking a record set by the invasive species in 2016 at 140 pounds, according to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.
A 17-foot-long female python, the largest ever captured at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida's Everglades, took four people to hold it. A team of researchers posted a breathtaking photo of ...
They ended up coming across the biggest snake that they—or any python hunter, for that matter—had ever seen. Easterling and Findley then wrestled the huge python for about 20 minutes before they could ...
A Burmese python nest of 111 eggs is the largest ever discovered in Florida, wildlife officials said. It was removed from the Everglades this month.