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Lydia Smith

200-pound 'monster' Burmese python finally captured in Florida after 5 men sit on it

Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) are invasive in Florida.  (Image credit: Joe McDonald/Getty Images)

The second-largest Burmese python ever discovered in South Florida has been captured after give people sat on the enormous snake, which was found stretched out across a road in the Big Cypress National Preserve.

Initially, the python-hunters thought the female snake was an alligator due to its size. "It was more than a snake, it was a monster," conservationist Mike Elfenbein told CBS News.

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