The largest Burmese python ever caught in Florida’s wilderness was captured recently said scientists at the University of Florida. The female snake, measuring 17 feet 7 inches long and weighing 164 pounds, was found in Everglades National Park, a lush breeding ground for pythons that have been released, or escaped, into the wild after being brought to this country. The female python was pregnant with 87 eggs, which scientists believe to be another record. Non-native Burmese pythons like this have been blamed for a staggering decline of native mammals in the Everglades. Scientists claim that this week’s discovery proves how pervasive the Southeast Asian snakes have become in South Florida. Finding a python this big “means these snakes are surviving a long time in the wild,” said Kenneth Krysko of the Florida Museum of Natural History.
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