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PHOTOS: Hunters wrangle one of the heaviest pythons ever caught in Florida

The 17-foot, 2-inch python had the remains of a deer inside its stomach.

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Over the weekend, hunters nabbed one of the heaviest Burmese pythons ever recorded in the state of Florida.

Check out this beast.

Over the weekend, hunters nabbed one of the heaviest Burmese pythons ever recorded in the state of Florida.

Mike Elfenbein said the catch was made Friday at Big Cypress National Reserve. The 17-foot, 2-inch python weighed a whopping 198 pounds and had the remains of a deer in its stomach and 29 pounds of fat. He called the capture a "new personal best."

"This snake ate a lot of native wildlife to get this big. She ate her last meal!" Elfenbein said on social media. "It took five of us to control her, glad to have removed her from our Everglades where she can no longer eat our wildlife."

A man shared video of a 17’2” python in Everglades National Park.

This catch is the second-heaviest python in the Sunshine State. The heaviest weighed at 215 pounds and was captured in 2022. Florida's longest python, captured this past July, was 19 feet long and was also discovered at Big Cypress National Reserve.

Check out the photo gallery below for pictures of the massive catch.

Mike Elfenbein and the over 17-foot, 198-pound Burmese python on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023 at Big Cypress National Preserve. (Courtesy: Mike Elfenbein)
This is the second-heaviest python ever caught in Florida. (Courtesy: Mike Elfenbein)
It took five people to control the massive python. (Courtesy: Mike Elfenbein)
"Glad to have removed her from our Everglades where she can no longer eat our wildlife," Elfenbein said. (Courtesy: Mike Elfenbein)
The python measured at 17 feet and 2 inches. (Courtesy: Mike Elfenbein)
Carter Gavlock, Mike Elfenbein, Trey Barber, Holden Hunter and Cole Elfenbein hold the massive catch. (Courtesy: Mike Elfenbein)
The python had the remains to a deer inside its stomach and 29 pounds of fat, Elfenbein said. (Courtesy: Mike Elfenbein)
(Courtesy: Mike Elfenbein)
(Courtesy: Mike Elfenbein)
(Courtesy: Mike Elfenbein)
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