Largest Python On Record Caught In National Park In Florida
Apr 09, 2019
Recently picture of a largest python caught from the Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida got viral on the internet. It is a 63Kg female python which was trapped by using a new approach of finding female breed pythons through male pythons with radio transmitters.
The female python was found with 73 eggs that the team destroyed. Along with removing the insidious snakes the team also collected data to learn how the snakes are using the preserve and for developing new removal tools.
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A New Record and The Research Continues This female was over 17 feet long, weighed 140 pounds, and contained 73...
Posted by Big Cypress National Preserve on Friday, April 5, 2019
“The team tracked one of the sentinel males with the transmitter and found this massive female nearby.“The eggs were destroyed and the snake was euthanized,” Rita Garcia, a spokeswoman for Big Cypress Preserve told Fox News.
