19-Foot-Longest Burmese Python Caught In The US, Watch Here

A 22-year-old teenager in Florida recently grabbed a Burmese python that was believed to be the longest ever at 19 feet long and 125 pounds (56.6 kg) in weight. The python was caught on Monday by Ohio State University student Jake Waleri. It was the length of an adult giraffe. According to USA Today, he brought it to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida to measure the reptile. Prior to this, an 18-foot, 9-inch-long Burmese python was caught in Florida in October 2020.

19-foot Burmese python found in America

The python can be seen lunging at Mr. Waleri in a video he posted on Instagram as he pulls it along the road by its tail. A few seconds after their fight on the street begins additional participants pitch in to assist the 22-year-old in capturing the snake.

What has Mr.Waleri to say on this?

We brought the snake to the Conservancy so it could be measured and formally recorded, Mr. Waleri said in a statement to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. We intended to give this discovery to science. Being able to influence South Florida’s ecosystem is amazing. We make every effort to maintain this ecology because we adore it.

A 22-year-old boy caught this huge python

Although it was a “dream” to capture the snake, the 22-year-old boy claimed that the entire ordeal was “chaotic” due to its “insane” size. “I thought we could do it, but I had no idea it would actually happen. My cousin and I realized we could manage a snake that size after catching one that was about 18 feet long the previous year, he told USA Today. “At first, I just held onto the tail for dear life,” he continued. Then one of my pals tried to pin the animal’s head down with a net, and we saw right away that this was a losing tactic. It’s the first snake that has ever terrified me to the point where I was unsure of what to do.

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About the Burmese python

Burmese pythons are among the world’s largest snakes, according to National Geographic. The manner in which they catch and consume their food is what makes them most well-known. After capturing its prey with its razor-sharp, backward-facing teeth, the snake “coils its body around the animal, squeezing a little tighter with each exhalation until the animal suffocates.” This python is a danger to Florida’s wildlife since it preys on alligators, animals, and birds and has few other natural predators outside of people.