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Hunters catch Puerto Rico's largest python on record
Hunter Kevin Pavlidis worked with the group Proyectos Retic, which collects data on invasive pythons, and the snake was found after a twenty-minute jungle search; the snake pleads innocent.
On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on BBN OvernightPublished
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At a glance
- First reported by Fox News: “Python hunters snag Puerto Rico's largest reticulated python on record after it was spotted strangling pet cat”, with reporting from Jingletree.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 12:22 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.
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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHunters in Puerto Rico caught a reticulated python that measured eighteen feet four inches, the largest on record there, after it was reportedly spotted strangling a pet cat behind a house, Fox News says.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHunters say it took about twenty minutes of searching to find it in the jungle, and then eight people had to stand shoulder to shoulder to hold it up.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe hunter blamed human error, not the snake. So I'm ruling Puerto Rico spiritually Florida.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBecause of the snake?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBecause somebody brought a python somewhere it didn't belong and nobody filled out a form. That's the whole Florida playbook.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFine, the invasive part checks out.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe snake is the only one in this story who did nothing wrong, and it's the one in the photo.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFlorida Man Rating: four alligators. Kenji, your turn.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentZero. Not guilty.
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