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Three hunters captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on May 31, 2025.

The longest Burmese python ever recorded was 19 feet long, caught in 2023.

The heaviest python caught weighed 215 pounds in 2022.

Three hunters recently captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades.

Zach Hoffman , Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught the invasive snake near Everglades City just after midnight on May 31.

The constrictor was so large that Hoffman had to get a bigger tape measure.

"At first we measured with a 15-foot tape measure that we had lying around, and it wasn’t long enough," Hoffman said. "Then I took a measurement with a 25-foot tape. When I read the number out loud we couldn’t believe it."

First identified in Everglades National

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