A man from Miami captured and killed the Burmese python most important ever recorded.
It seems that the memorable things are 19-feet long: a stretch Mercedes-Benz wagon, the longest carrot ever recorded and now the largest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida.
The reptile from 128 pounds, 18 feet-8 inches was taken by a Miami man who spotted this month while only on driving, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The reptile exceeds the previous record of 17 feet 7 inches, according to scientists from the University of Florida.
The man, Jason Leon, came home late on the night of May 11 in a rural area of Miami-Dade County when he noticed the reptile extending approximately three feet in some brush road, said Carli Segelson, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Leon could have recognized the species. Before becoming illegal to owen, a Burmese python as a pet in Florida in August 2010, Leon had some of the reptiles, said Segelson.
Leon stopped the car, came out, grabbed the Snake's head and started hanging out on the road, according to a press release of the commission. When the snake started to wrap around his leg, Leon was killed with a knife. The creature is poisonous, according to the commission.
Leon reported the capture to the commission, which handed the snake to his associates looking for the University of Florida and the Education Center in Fort Lauderdale.
"The FWC is grateful to him for safe disposal this grand a Burmese python, both for its capture of the report," Kristen Sommers, head of the Coordination alien species of conservation commission Section, said in a statement.
Leon could not be reached.
In one of the two photos published on the page Facebook of the commission, Leon seems struggling to withstand the large reptile. In another photo taken at the University of Florida, three members of research personnel located on the foot of flooring at the head is the same length as the serpent.
Burmese pythons are generally docile creatures that can weigh up to 200 pounds and reach the circumference of a telephone pole, according to the National Geographic site.
According to the commission of Florida, the species is invasive and has a negative impact on the Everglades.