Everglades Workers Find Giant Python in Their Way

EVERGLADES, Fla. -- Workers trying to control exotic vegetation found something else rather exotic instead.

The contractors for the South Florida Water Management District came across a python in their path...a 16-to-18-foot python.

Adding to its impressive size was a bulge from a recent meal that made the snake more than 3 feet around.

Pythons are not native to the region and are considered pests, so they are legal targets for hunters.

The snake has been put down.

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