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The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is home to many record-breaking pythons like this one. Last year, the non-profit hauled in Florida's heaviest Burmese python at 215 pounds.
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The female python weighed in at 215 pounds, was nearly 18 feet long, and had 122 developing eggs, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida said.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said it recovered a massive Burmese python from a Central New York home.
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A new study conducted by biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida reveals that Burmese pythons are capable of consuming larger prey than scientists realized.
A Burmese python was found in a shed at a home near 280th Avenue and Southwest 141st Street in Southwest Miami-Dade on Monday.
Burmese pythons are born from nests containing between 50-100 eggs, and initially measure around two-feet-long. By the end of their first year, however, they routinely double in size.