177-pound Burmese python captured, one of the largest in Florida program's history

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177-pound Burmese python captured, one of the largest in Florida program's history

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission located and captured one of the heaviest Burmese pythons recorded over the course of the state’s python removal program. The python was caught by Kurt Cox on March 29 in the Everglades at the Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area. According to FWC’s data, it is the fourth heaviest and the 22nd longest python on record for the Python Action Team Removing Invasive Constrictors (PATRIC) pro…