GIANT 18 foot Burmese python captured - and it needed FIVE people to lift it

The whopping snake, believed to be the second-largest ever found in the state, measured a massive 18 feet and 3 inches

Giant: The massive Burmese python had to be lifted by five people

A giant Burmese python has been captured in Florida's Everglades National Park.
The huge snake needed FIVE people to lift it.
The whopping snake, believed to be the second-largest ever found in the state, measured a massive 18 feet and 3 inches.
The whopper weighed 130 pounds.
It was discovered by researchers along the Shark Valley on July 9, before it was humanely euthanised, it has reported.

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Brave: Ed Metzger with the Burmese python

The euthanisation was in keeping with the U.S. Geological Surveys protocol.

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Giant beast: Ed Metzger with the MASSIVE Burmese python

Burmese pythons are native to Southern and South East Asia and can be found in water AND trees - so nowhere is safe.

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What a whooper: Ed Metzger with the Burmese python from Florida

The longest one ever found was 19 feet.

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Set of gnashers: Ed Metzger with the Burmese python

They are mostly nocturnal and each female can lay up to 36 eggs - that's a lot of baby Burmese pythons.