17-foot python is largest ever removed from Florida\'s Big Cypress National Preserve

IT'S THE LARGEST PYTHON EVERREMOVED FROM BIG CYPRESSNATIONAL PRESERVE HERE INFLORIDA..THE SNAKE IS 17-FEET LONG ANDWEIGHS 140- POUNDS.

WHENTRAPPERS CAPTURED THE RECORD-SETTING SNAKE, SHE HAD 73 EGGSINSIDE OF HER.

A PYTHONELIMINATION PROGRAM WASSTARTED TWO YEARS AGO TO TRYTO ERADICATE THE SPECIES.RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN TRACKINGMALE PYTHONS WITH RADIOTRANSMITTERS TO LOCA