A 17 foot long, 132 pound snake was captured by three hunters in the Everglades. It’s the largest snake brought in during the state’s program to eradicate the Everglades of the invasive Burmese pythons.
Three hunters caught a 17-foot, 132-pound Burmese python in the Florida Everglades in southern Miami-Dade, a record for the program aimed at curbing the proliferation of the non-native species, according to media reports.
The giant snake was caught Friday at Big Cypress National Preserve, according to NBC 6 Miami.
“That snake could pretty much kill any full-grown man,” said one of the hunters who caught the python, Jason Leon, to NBC 6. “If that snake was alive right now, it would probably take like three of us to be able to control that snake.”
It’s so far the largest snake to be caught under the South Florida Water Management District’s python elimination program.