United States Geological Survey (USGS) researchers recapture a 17-foot-7-inch-long Burmese python in Everglades National Park near Homestead, Fla., April 23, 2012. The record-breaking python weighed 164 pounds and carried 87 eggs in its oviducts. USGS scientists had outfitted her with two radio transmitters, a GPS device, and a motion-sensing device before releasing her back into the wild in March 2012. The snake remained in the wild for 38 days and then was recaptured in April and euthanized. Catherine Puckett/USGS/Reuters
Florida Museum of Natural History researchers examine the internal anatomy of the largest Burmese python found in Florida to date on the University of Florida campus. Following scientific investigation, the snake will be mounted for exhibition at the museum for about five years and then returned for exhibition at Everglades National Park. Kristen Grace/University of Florida/AP
A baby python molurus rests on eggs after hatching early in the morning at a pet shop in Duisburg, Germany, Aug. 4, 2012. Ina Fassbender/Reuters
A Burmese python is wrapped around an American alligator in Everglades National Park, Fla., in 2009. A National Academy of Science report released Jan. 30 indicates that the proliferation of pythons coincides with a sharp decrease of mammals in the park. Lori Oberhofer/National Park Service/AP
South Florida Water Management District workers hold a 16-foot-long Burmese python that was captured and killed in Everglades National Park, Fla, on Oct. 27, 2011. The python had recently consumed a 76-lb. adult female deer. The reptile was one of the largest ever found in South Florida. South Florida Water Management District/AP
An aerial shot shows ponds and streams flowing southeast into Whitewater Bay in Everglades National Park, Fla. Robert Harbison/The Christian Science Monitor/File
Powder prepares to participate in the annual Halloween dog parade in the Belle Meade neighborhood of Miami, Fla., in October 2009. Powder wears a homemade python costume. Carlos Barria/Reuters
Reptile and amphibian shop owner Stefan Broghammer holds a Royal python that was born with two heads, in Weigheim, Germany, in July 2011. The snake, which was born one year ago, has two spinal cords and two heads, both of which are active. The reptile has no physical problems or defects, Broghammer says. Michael Dalder/Reuters
Six-year-old Oeun Sambat hugs his best friend, 5-metre-long and six-year-old female python Chamreun, or 'Lucky,' in the village of Sit Tbow in Kandal province, Cambodia, in June 2006. Superstitious villagers in the impoverished southeast Asian nation are flocking to see the boy, who they believe has supernatural powers and was probably the son of a dragon in a former life. The female python came to live with Sambat in 2000. Chor Sokunthea, Reuters
Burmese pythons Bernie and Corn Pops, an albino, hang out together in Beverly, Mass., in Mar. 1998. They were part of a conservation and education program called Rainforest Reptile Shows which teaches people about reptiles. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
A researcher holds a Burmese python near her nest in Everglades National Park, Fla., in 2009. Jemeema Carrigan/University of Florida/AP
An American crocodile floats under an outgrowth of mangrove on the Rodgers River in the Florida Everglades in Nov. 1997. Until this photograph was taken, American crocodile experts were not aware that this species resided on the Rodgers River. Several crocodiles were observed along the river which is an indication that there may be a nest in that area, according to biologists. Robert Harbison/The Christian Science Monitor/File
Wildlife biologist Skip Snow (l.) and Brad Dunker of Everglades National Park wrestle with a 15-foot-long Burmese python in this January 2006 photo. The python was among the proliferating number of these constrictor snakes that are being found in the Everglades, many the descendants of pets discarded by their owners into the wild. Lori Oberhofer/Everglades National Park/AP
This Burmese python hatchling was captured inside Everglades National Park in 2005. These pythons are proliferating in the wetlands where they reach an average size of 20 feet in length. National Park Service/AP
A one-week-old Burmese python plays with its father, Tamu, at the Butterfly World center near Edinburgh, Scotland, in Aug. 2004. Experts had to wait several weeks before they could check the sex of their latest arrival. David Cheskin/PA/AP
Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar (r.) and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., (l.) help hold a 13-foot python in the Everglades, Fla., on Jan. 17. Salazar announced the ban on importation and interstate transportation of four giant snakes that threaten the Everglades. Alan Diaz/AP
A Burmese python rests in the snake pit in 2009 at the Savannah River Ecology Lab in South Carolina where scientists are collecting pythons for study. Researchers say a new study shows that Burmese pythons that have made their home in Florida's Everglades are unlikely to survive as far north as South Carolina. None of the 10 pythons tracked by researchers at the lab in survived the winter there. All of them died from hypothermia. Alysia Patterson/AP
An alligator glides through the water at sunrise in June 2009 in the Tamiami Canal just east of Coopertown, Fla. Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/AP
A policeman holds up a python, approximately 2 meters long, caught in the waters of a flooded neighborhood in Bangkok, Thailand, in November 2011. Kerek Wongsa/Reuters
19-foot python killed: The huge 19-foot Burmese python is the biggest ever captured in Florida. The giant python wrapped itself around a man's leg before he killed it with a knife.
Wildlife officials say a Burmese python nearly 19 feet (5.8 meters) long has been captured in Florida.
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