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A team of biologists hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida. The female python weighed in at 215 pounds, was nearly 18 feet long, and had 122 developing eggs.

The female python was 215 pounds, 18 feet long, and had a had 122 eggs inside of her.

The team used radio transmitters transplanted in male "scout" snakes to study python movements, breeding behaviours and habitat use.

Researchers at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida caught a massive Burmese python in Naples, Florida; it broke records as removal efforts of the species continues.

Massive 18-foot python matriarch had 122 eggs when biologists caught her in Collier Countys Picayune Strand

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida on Wednesday unveiled the largest python yet to be captured in the state. The reptile measures nearly 18 feet in length and weighs 215 pounds, the agency said during a news conference.

A necropsy also found hoof cores in the snake’s digest system, meaning that an adult white-tailed deer was its last meal.

A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida

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A team led by Parkland native Ian Bartoszek trapped the heaviest python ever recorded in Florida. Here’s how they did it and why it matters.