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What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes in the world. Adult animals average between 10 and 16 feet long, according to the University of Florida.

The king cobra is the world’s longest venomous snake, with one individual measured at 18.7 feet in captivity. Despite their fearsome reputation, they prey primarily on other snakes and are shy ...

As you can see from my battle wounds, I’m about 220 pounds and it pulled me to the grass,” one of the brave rescuers said.

The Guinness Book of World Records lists the longest ever captured snake to be 32 feet. The heaviest — a Burmese Python kept in Gurnee, Ill. — weighs 402 pounds, the book said on its Web site.

However, the longest documented snake measured 11 feet, 4 inches. Despite being one of the largest venomous snakes in the Americas, these snakes are rare and difficult to find.

Residents in Prosperity, S.C., are sleeping peacefully now that a monstrous python on the loose has been captured.

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.