He subdued and euthanized it with help from friends and another seasoned snake wrangler named Amy Siewe who happened to drive up as Waleri was pulling the giant python out onto the road. Jake Waleri of Naples found the massive snake somewhere inside the Big Cypress National Preserve-a 729,000-acre swamp that’s home to a diverse array of native wildlife species, including the endangered Florida panther. According to a press release from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida (CSWF), a conservation organization that recorded the giant snake’s official weight and measurements, it’s the longest python ever documented in south Florida since the invasive snakes were inadvertently introduced decades ago. It beat the previous record by just three inches. On the morning of July 10, 2023, a group of Burmese python hunters captured and killed a 19-foot female python in a federally-protected swampland just north of Everglades National Park.
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