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In December 2021, a Burmese python was captured in Florida that weighed {{cvt|215|lbs|kg|order=flip}} and had a length of {{cvt|18|ft|m|order=flip}}; it contained a record 122 developing eggs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=A. B. |title=Caught! Record-breaking 18-foot Burmese python pulled from Collier County wilderness |url=https://www.news-press.com/story/tech/science/environment/2022/06/22/record-breaking-18-foot-burmese-python-caught-florida-everglades/7694354001/ |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=The News-Press}}</ref>
 
In July 2023, local hunters captured and killed a 19-foot long Burmese python in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A record-breaking Burmese python — as long as a giraffe is tall — caught in Florida|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187497592/record-breaking-burmese-python-longest-florida|website=NPR|last=Jones|first=Dustin|date=13 July 2023|access-date=14 July 2023}}</ref>
 
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