BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A near record-breaking Burmese python has been killed in the Florida Everglades.
CBS Miami reports the 16-foot invasive snake weighed 165 pounds.
According to the CBS affiliate, a conservationist who goes by the nickname "Alligator Ron" helped get rid of the snake on Saturday and also removed a nest of 40-50 eggs. Most of those eggs were hatched.
“It’s not normal that they’re on a nest and we’re able to remove all their eggs, too," Ron Bergeron (Alligator Ron) told the Miami Herald. “So this was a real great day for the Everglades because we were able to remove about 50 snakes.”
According to WSVN, the reptile and eggs were located underneath a home about four miles south of Alligator Alley in Broward County.
The largest python ever captured in the Everglades was 17-feet long and 140 pounds. It was found earlier this year. The state estimates there may be as many as 100,000 pythons living there.
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