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Prizes and glory await hunters, as Florida Python Challenge kicks off
With $25,000 of prizes in play including a $10,000 grand prize, the effort targets invasive Burmese pythons, seeking to protect traditional Floridian wildlife from the slithering scourges introduced to the state as pets in the 1980s only to develop a foothold in South Florida after Hurricane Andrew’s historic destruction in 1992.
Florida Python Challenge: Could drones help control invasive snake population one day?
The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons, runs from July 11 to 20. Ahead of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, the Naples Daily News and The News-Press interviewed Zac Chejanovski, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Python Management Coordinator.
Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons.
Burmese pythons will be targeted by hunters for a 10-day period starting on July 11 in the annual Florida Python Challenge.
The invasive Burmese pythons plaguing Florida have an almost supernatural ability to absorb skeletons and scientists say they ...
A Lehigh Acres family found themselves in a slithery situation when a friendly ball python decided to crash their pool party.
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