Posted on Jul 14, 2023
The longest Burmese python ever measured was caught in Florida this week: 'It was insane'
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FORT MYERS, Fla. − Hunters in South Florida caught the largest Burmese python ever measured, and the lengthy beast is being examined at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples.
The 19-foot python was caught in the Big Cypress National Preserve in eastern Collier County early Monday morning by Naples hunter and Ohio State University student Jake Waleri, who said the catch was a dream come true.
"I knew we were capable of it but I didn't know it would happen," Waleri said. "Last year my cousin and I caught a snake that was almost 18 feet long, and we realized we could handle a snake of that size."
FORT MYERS, Fla. − Hunters in South Florida caught the largest Burmese python ever measured, and the lengthy beast is being examined at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples.
The 19-foot python was caught in the Big Cypress National Preserve in eastern Collier County early Monday morning by Naples hunter and Ohio State University student Jake Waleri, who said the catch was a dream come true.
"I knew we were capable of it but I didn't know it would happen," Waleri said. "Last year my cousin and I caught a snake that was almost 18 feet long, and we realized we could handle a snake of that size."
The longest Burmese python ever measured was caught in Florida this week: 'It was insane'
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There are thousands of these Pythons in the Florida Everglades and they are hunted to reduce their number... They are not native to Florida...
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Also not being native to Florida or even North America they are eating and destroying species of native animals some which may actually become extinct.
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