FLORIDA (WLS) -- A 19-foot Burmese python, the longest ever recorded, was caught by a group of friends in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week. But, it wasn't easy. The net didn't ...

This snake is making hiss-tory. A 22-year-old captured the longest documented Burmese python caught in Florida. The creepy-crawling critter was snagged by Jake Waleri in the Big Cypress National ...

Jake Waleri of Naples, right, and friends caught this 19-foot Burmese python in the Big Cypress National Preserve earlier this month, setting a world record for the longest snake of that species ever ...

“We had a feeling that these snakes get this big and now we have clear evidence,” Ian Easterling, a biologist with the conservancy, said in a statement. “Her genetic material may prove valuable for an ...

Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in the Florida Everglades in ...

The python measures 19-foot-long. A 19-foot-long and 125 pounds (56.6 kg) heavy Burmese python, which is regarded as the longest ever, was recently caught by a 22-year-old boy in Florida, United ...

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A 22-year-old captured the longest documented Burmese python caught in Florida. The creepy-crawling critter was snagged by Jake Waleri in the Big Cypress National Preserve near Naples Monday night.