The python weighed in at 215 pounds, was nearly 18 feet long and had 122 developing eggs, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida said.
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The team used radio transmitters transplanted in male “scout" snakes to study python movements, breeding behaviors and habitat use, said Ian Bartoszek, wildlife biologist and environmental science project manager for the conservancy's program. “We knew he was there for a reason, and the team found him with the largest female we have seen to date.”Biologist Ian Easterling and intern Kyle Findley helped capture the female snake and haul it through the woods to the field truck.
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