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Record-setting 140-pound, 17-foot python captured in South Florida

MIAMI — Researchers captured a record-setting 140-pound, 17-foot female python in Big Cypress National Preserve, officials with the park said Friday.

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Researchers are tracking male pythons with radio transmitters to find breeding females. They then capture and remove the females.

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This nest had 73 developing eggs.

The teams have removed several breeding females over the last few months from the national preserve using this method.

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