MIAMI: Scientists have captured a female python that was more than 17-feet-long in US state of Florida. Scientists claims that the python is the largest ever removed from Big Cypress National Preserve, located in South Florida.

Accoeding to the reports, he scientists used new tracking technology to catch the Big Cypress snake, the national preserve said in a social media post. USA Today reported that Radio transmitters are used by scientists at the national preserve to track male pythons and then the locations of the males used to find breeding females.

This terrific video direct from Circus surely will give you goosebumps…viral video inside

Big Cypress national preserve took to social media and wrote, “This female was over 17 feet long, weighed 140 pounds, and contained 73 developing eggs . She is the largest python ever removed from Big Cypress National Preserve-- and she was caught because of research and a new approach to finding pythons.” The post further reads, “the team not only removes the invasive snakes, but collects data for research, develop new removal tools, and learn how the pythons are using the Preserve. The team tracked one of the sentinel males with the transmitter and found this massive female nearby.”

Marriage does in these months will give you successful marital bliss

The Big Cypress National Preserve is a 729,000-acre expanse of swampland west of Miami in South Florida. CNN reported that around 100,000 pythons are living in the vast swamps outside Miami and these snakes are considered as serious threats to native wildlife. Florida holds competitions in order to encourage hunters to remove these snakes and keep a check on their population.