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17-Foot Python In Florida Breaks Record, Park Officials Say

Big Cypress National Preserve announced it has caught the largest python ever to be removed from the swamp.
On Friday, Big Cypress National Preserve announced in a post to Facebook that its team of researchers had discovered a 17-foot python, the largest one ever to be removed from the swamp.

Updated at 1 p.m. ET

In the Florida Everglades, a team of invasive species researchers got more than it bargained for – a 17-foot-long python, plus 73 developing python eggs.

On Friday, Big Cypress National Preserve announced in that its team of researchers had discovered the largest python ever to be removed from the swamp.

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