Record 17-ft. python captured in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve.
"All of the python work at Big Cypress is focused on controlling this invasive species, which poses significant threats to native wildlife," the park said.
A 17-foot python, weighing 140 pounds and carrying 73 developing eggs, was found in southern Florida.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.A group of researchers removed a record-breaking 17-foot python from a south Florida national park.
The enormous female snake, which weighed 140 pounds and was carrying 73 developing eggs, was captured at Big Cypress National Preserve in Ochopee. A photo posted on Friday to theBig Cypress said the snake was the largest python ever removed from its park.Feb. 2, 2019"The team not only removes the invasive snakes, but collects data for research, develop new removal tools, and learn how pythons are using the Preserve," the park wrote on Facebook.
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