Jun 22, 2022, 12:02pmUpdated 10h ago
By:
The largest
Burmese python ever seen in Florida has been captured in the Everglades,
according to National Geographic.
Florida
researchers found the nearly 18-foot long, 215 pound female python, the largest
ever found outside its native habitat.
Pythons are
not native to Florida and usually grow between 6 and 10 feet but in
Southeast Asia they commonly reach 18 to 20 feet long.
After
euthanizing the female snake, researchers found bits of fur, clumps of
dissolved bone and a chunk of a hoof, evidence that the python’s last meal was
an adult white-tailed deer.