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How Big Are Everglades Pythons?
January 30, 2012 | USGS

“This large Burmese python, weighing 162 pounds and more than 15 feet long at the time of its capture in 2009, was caught alive in the Everglades and was found to have eaten an American alligator that measured about 6 feet in length.” Quoted from the USGS media gallery.

Image by Mike Rochford , University of Florida


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