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On July 10, hundreds of professional and amateur snake hunters entered the annual Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day race to remove as many of the invasive animals as possible from the Everglades. The person who bags the most snakes will earn a $10,
Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event
There are many deadly animals in Florida, the Everglades. Facts on dangerous animals in Florida: Alligators, sharks, panthers, snakes, spiders, pythons.
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A cyclist filmed an alligator swimming off with a giant python in its jaws
Alison Joslyn was biking through Shark Valley in Everglades National Park when she spotted an American alligator clamped onto a large Burmese python, chewing on the snake before swimming off with it still locked in its jaws.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the return of the Florida Python Challenge. This is a ten-day event in which people will compete to catch and kill the most invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades.
As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge is underway, one Florida restaurant will let you cash in your catch for a pizza. The python challenge kicked off on Friday as avid and amateur hunters alike compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of the ravenous,
It was the catch of a lifetime. For contracted python hunter Carl Jackson, wrangling a near record python earlier this year (Jan. 13) was likely satisfying in more ways than one. First, his struggle with the 202-pound, 16-foot, 10-inch beast (you can see a ...
