{"id":434625,"date":"2026-01-28T10:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/434625\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:54:09","slug":"what-a-catch-hunter-captures-one-of-floridas-largest-burmese-pythons-in-the-everglades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/434625\/","title":{"rendered":"What a catch! Hunter captures one of Florida\u2019s largest Burmese pythons in the Everglades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0January 27, 2026 at 6:38 PM<\/p>\n<p>200+ pound python bagged in Florida swamp  A python weighing over 200 pounds was recently bagged at a swamp in Florida.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A contracted hunter working deep in the swamps of the Everglades in Florida has helped capture one of the largest Burmese pythons ever recorded in the state, wildlife officials confirmed Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Carl Jackson, along with three family members, caught a female Burmese python earlier this month measuring 16 feet, 10 inches and weighing 202 pounds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The snake is the second heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The heaviest Burmese python previously recorded in the state weighed 215 pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Wildlife officials said the snake was carrying about 200 eggs at the time it was captured, highlighting the ongoing threat the invasive species poses to Florida\u2019s native wildlife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jackson is a contracted python action team hunter with the FWC and has captured numerous snakes during his work. Despite his experience, he said the massive python stood out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities continue to encourage the removal of invasive Burmese pythons, which are not native to Florida and have contributed to significant declines in mammal populations in the Everglades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flpythonchallenge.org\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/flpythonchallenge.org\/\">Click here<\/a> for more information on Florida\u2019s annual python challenge. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ryan Mackey\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/8725e99c-e445-48a0-bd.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Ryan Mackey <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0January 27, 2026 at 6:38 PM 200+ pound python bagged in Florida swamp A python weighing over 200&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-434625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}