Longest burmese python ever caught in florida measures 19 feet
Hunters captured the longest Burmese python ever found in Florida in eastern Collier County on July 10, 2023.
Andrew West, Naples Daily News
Burmese pythons, an invasive species first identified in Everglades National Park more than 20 years ago, are distributed across more than a thousand square miles in southern Florida but have been found across the state and are slithering north. They may even reach Georgia.
They’re among the largest snakes in the world, with adult animals averaging between 10 and 16 feet long, according to the University of Florida.
Because pythons are invasive and a threat to native wildlife, Florida Fish and Wildlife works with partners and the public to hunt and kill the snakes, including the annual Florida Python Challenge.
On the move: Snakes are slithering north: Where Burmese pythons have been spotted in Florida
Here’s a look at some of the biggest, some of them record-breaking, Burmese pythons caught in Florida:
Longest Burmese python on record caught in Southwest Florida
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.
VIDEO: Python hunters wrestle with giant snake, the longest python ever caught in Florida
The snake measures at 19 feet long and tops the previous record of 18 feet, 10 inches from 2022. This python was captured in eastern Collier County.
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18-foot pythons captured in south Florida, Everglades
The previous record was held by python hunters Ryan Ausburn and Kevin Pavlidis who captured a python measuring a whopping 18-feet 9-inches in 2020.
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Ryan Ausburn and Kevin Pavlidis catch an 18-foot, 9-inch invasive Burmese python west of Miami. Video by Angela Scafuro
Palm Beach Post
In 2013, Jason Leon captured a then-record 18-foot python in southeastern Miami-Dade County. The massive snake weighed 128 pounds.
Licensed python hunter Mike Kimmel, alone on a spoil island in the Florida Everglades, caught a 17-foot python in 2020.
Heaviest python caught in Florida
Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in the Florida Everglades in 2022. The colossal female python weighed an eye-popping 215 pounds and was nearly 18 feet long.
Take a look at largest python found in Florida
Video of the largest invasive Burmese python found to date in Florida at the Conversancy of Southwest Florida on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.
Caitlyn Jordan, Naples Daily News
A 198-pound Burmese python was captured in November 2023 in the Big Cypress Preserve, making it the second-heaviest ever caught in the Sunshine State. The massive snake was 17 feet, 2 inches long.
Python hunters speechless after catching almost 200-pound snake
Python hunters in the Florida Everglades were stunned when they came upon a giant snake that weighed in at 198 pounds.
Python hunters pose with massive catches
Python hunters show off snakes caught during the Florida Python Challenge.
How do you hunt, catch, humanely kill a python in Florida Everglades
Python Huntress Amy Siewe took on a six-foot Burmese python recently using her GoPro camera to capture the thrilling moment she captured.
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18-foot Burmese python that swallowed 5-foot gator is stretched across the room as Florida scientist Rosie Moore and her colleagues perform a necropsy
Courtesy of Rosie Moore, Palm Beach Post
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