A 19-foot Burmese python — the longest ever recorded — was caught by local hunters in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week.

The python was killed and taken to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, where its world-record length was verified. This article contains external content that failed to load.

Hunters caught a record-sized (for length) Burmese python in eastern Collier County on Monday. It measures 19 feet long, according to The Conservancy of Southwest Florida.