Two Florida snake hunters have caught a new record Burmese python.
Ryan Ausburn and Kevin Pavlidis captured a female Burmese python that weighed in at 104 pounds. The large reptile reportedly measures 18 feet and 9 inches long. That’s an inch longer than the previous record Burmese python caught in Florida in 2014.
The two hunters were working with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) as python removal agents.
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Burmese pythons are not native to Florida and have established themselves in the Everglades over the last 15 years. They have no natural predators in Florida and have decimated indigenous plant and animal populations.