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This is incredibly rare for Biscayne National Park, pythons are not aquatic animals. They can swim, which is why this python was able to make it to the platform. But they’re not regularly in open water. And they don't like salt water. RAVENOUS 14-FOOT PYTHON CAUGHT WITH 3 DEER IN ITS GUT Burmese pythons are a problematic, invasive species in Florida, and have been for years. Over 2,000 reportsof the pythons have been made in Miami-Dade County alone, and they’ve also been reported in numerous other Florida counties.