The brown snake attacked the rat only to discover it already had a smaller python wrapped around it. Source: Jessica Mace The snakes fought for about half an hour, discarding the rat.

Inside the culvert sat a beefy Burmese python, literally piled on itself in layers. Landowner Aaron Brown says it proved to be 16-feet, 4-inches long, once they wrestled it out into the light.

(Watch a python devour, then regurgitate, an antelope.) To allow the eastern brown to finish its meal, the Hills gently guided it into a black snake bag, where it could feel more secure.

Inside the culvert sat a beefy Burmese python, literally piled on itself in layers. Landowner Aaron Brown says it proved to be 16-feet, 4-inches long, once they wrestled it out into the light.

Inside the culvert sat a beefy Burmese python, literally piled on itself in layers. Landowner Aaron Brown says it proved to be 16-feet, 4-inches long, once they wrestled it out into the light.

Inside the culvert sat a beefy Burmese python, literally piled on itself in layers. Landowner Aaron Brown says it proved to be 16-feet, 4-inches long, once they wrestled it out into the light.

Landowner Aaron Brown says it proved to be 16-feet, 4-inches long, once they wrestled it out into the light. That’s nearly twice the average for pythons in Florida, experts say.

Landowner Aaron Brown says it proved to be 16-feet, 4-inches long, once they wrestled it out into the light. That’s nearly twice the average for pythons in Florida, experts say.