Python in Pool in Florida

Florida Python Challenge returns

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Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day event for professionals and amateurs to hunt invasive Burmese pythons.

The Garden Magazine on MSN · 3d

2026 Florida Python Challenge offers $25,000 after record year

Naples Daily News · 1d

Why Florida hunters should never cut off the head of a python

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Python hunters hit a Florida Everglades island and find 4 big snakes, 3 nests, and an egg-filled female

A routine stop in the Florida Everglades quickly became a stark reminder of just how deeply invasive Burmese pythons have taken hold in the wetland.

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Florida crews find two 17-foot Burmese pythons together, likely preying on white-tailed deer

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Meet the 2025 Florida Python Challenge champion: Taylor Stanberry

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Florida Python Challenge kicks off in Everglades

According to the FWC, the Burmese python is not native to Florida and is found in and around the Everglades ecosystem, where they prey on birds, mammals, and other reptiles.

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Florida is sending people in the Everglades to hunt for giant snakes — and it could net one person $10,000

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Florida maps show Burmese pythons pushing beyond the Everglades as Python Challenge begins

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See photogenic Florida hunters pose with their python 'trophies'

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has been a big success since it started in 2025.

USA Today

Help wanted: Full-time python hunters get paid for eliminating snakes

Florida pays contracted hunters to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Native to Southeast Asia, the pythons have caused a severe decline in native mammal populations. Conservative estimates place the python population in the tens of thousands