This is NOT a Python...

This 15-foot eastern diamondback rattlesnake, the largest caught on record, was found just south of Jacksonville, Florida, close to the St. Augustine outlet in a new KB homes subdivision.

Notice the girth of the snake compared to the cop's leg, and he is not a small man. A snake this size could easily swallow a dog, a pig, or a 2 year-old child.

The snake is estimated to weigh over 170 lbs., and it's head is larger than the hand of a normal-sized man.

It has probably been alive since George Bush, Sr. was President. It makes you wonder what the snake has been feeding on, and where are it's offspring...

One bite from those fangs would be comparable to being stabbed by to two, curved 1/4 inch diameter screwdrivers, and would deliver enough venom to kill over 40 full-grown men.

The knife being used to draw out the fangs has a blade around 4 inches long.

A snake this size has an approximately 5 1/2 foot accurate striking distance. (The distance for an average size rattlesnake is about 2 feet.)

Remind me NOT to go to Florida...