It's scaly, it's invasive and it comes in at nearly 18 feet long.
The Florida Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Monday announced that one of its trappers had snared a 17 foot, 9 inch Burmese python somewhere in the Sunshine State. The FWC's post didn't list a location, but the snakes are known to slither in the Everglades.
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Because the reptiles can throw off the balance of the ecosystem, it's legal to kill and capture them on private property without a permit.
In this case, Python Action Team Removing Invasive Constrictors member Kevin Reich snagged the second-largest snake in the program's history.
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