A 18.2 foot and 150 pound burmese python snake unusually caught a Florida water-quality maintenance crew's attention Tuesday according to Live Science.
The crew found the 150 pounder on a levee 25 miles to the West of Miami CNN reported.
The surroundings fit the snakes needs conditions to capture prey for consumption Live Science reported.
"Needless to say, when you get one this big, it raises eyebrows," Randy Smith, a spokesman for the district told CNN. "It's just such a large animal. They have no predators. They'll eat anything, even alligators. They are ferocious creatures," Smith told CNN.
The snake surpasses one found that measured more than 17 feet, seven inches CNN reported. Scientists found 87 eggs in it when they sliced the creature open to examine it Live Science reported.
South Florida Water Management District employees tend to encounter the species regularly when going about their normal business. This includes examining and, keeping canals, and pump stations up to par CNN reported.
"You'd be hard pressed to find a rabbit or squirrel down there in the Everglades now," Smith told Live Science. "These snakes eat alligators, or they try to. They don't have any enemies and they eat anything they can get their teeth on," Smith told Live Science.
"They're ambush hunters, and they like to hide down at the toe of the levee where there's plenty of bush and foliage," Smith told Live Science.
A snake caught in May is considered the biggest one captured thus far though at 18-feet eight inches CNN reported. A Florida man reportedly ended the snake's life after noticing it in in a bush in Miami-Dade County, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told CNN.
Pythons are reportedly known to end the lives of different animals including rabbits, raccoons, opossums, and bobcats CNN reported.
