Florida wildlife team hauls in 18-foot Burmese python

A 14-foot female Burmese python captured in mangrove habitat of south-western Florida (Conservancy of Southwest Florida via AP)

A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest female Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said.

The python weighed in at 215 pounds, was nearly 18 feet long and had 122 developing eggs, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida said in a news release.