177-pound python caught in Florida is one of the heaviest officials have seen [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) caught one of the heaviest Burmese pythons ever recorded.

The python was caught in the Everglades Francis S. Taylor WMA by Kurt Cox.

According to their data, this massive snake weighed the most on record in the FWC’s PATRIC program and the fourth heaviest they have on record. It is also the 22nd longest on record. PATRIC stands for Python Action Team Removing Invasive Constrictors, an initiative started in 2017 that offers money for the capture of pythons. Nonnative constrictors measuring at least four feet long are worth $50, with an additional $25 for each foot longer.

The heaviest Burmese python that has been caught was a 215-pound, 17.7-foot female python in December 2021. That snake was captured by Ian Bartoszek with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.

The longest snake the FWC has removed was another female, measuring 19 feet long …