A record-breaking Burmese python as long as a giraffe is tall

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A 19-foot Burmese python — the longest ever recorded — was caught by local hunters in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week

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It was caught on Monday by 22-year-old Jake Waleri, who brought the python to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in his hometown of Naples

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Officials there measured the snake at 19 feet and 125 pounds, and said it set a new world record for length

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Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes on the planet. They're also an invasive species running rampant through much of southern Florida

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They're wreaking havoc on the state's native animal populations because the pythons have no natural predators in Florida

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Waleri and the snake wrestled on the ground until others joined in to help peel the snake off the hunter

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A record-breaking Burmese python as long as a giraffe is tall

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A 19-foot Burmese python — the longest ever recorded — was caught by local hunters in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week

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It was caught on Monday by 22-year-old Jake Waleri, who brought the python to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in his hometown of Naples

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Officials there measured the snake at 19 feet and 125 pounds, and said it set a new world record for length

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Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes on the planet. They're also an invasive species running rampant through much of southern Florida

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They're wreaking havoc on the state's native animal populations because the pythons have no natural predators in Florida

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Waleri and the snake wrestled on the ground until others joined in to help peel the snake off the hunter

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