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As the Florida Python Challenge gets closer, let's take a look at the largest Burmese pythons caught in Florida.
What do Burmese pythons look like? The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world, the FWC said. Adults caught in Florida average between 6 and 9 feet, with the largest one measuring ...
The longest Burmese python ever recorded was 19 feet long, caught in 2023. The heaviest python caught weighed 215 pounds in 2022. Three hunters recently captured a massive Burmese python in the ...
A group of python hunters caught the longest Burmese python ever measured on July 10, 2023, in the Big Cypress National Preserve in eastern Collier County. The monster snake was 19 feet long . 18 ...
Florida Python Challenge, July 11-20, 2025, has hunters trying to eliminate invasive Burmese snakes. Do they attack or kill ...
This snake wasn't the longest, but it was the biggest. Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in the Florida Everglades in 2022.