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2026 Florida Python Challenge starts today

Win $10,000 for hunting giant Burmese pythons: Inside Florida's unusual annual snake hunt

A giant snake once kept as an exotic pet can become a serious ecological problem when it enters the wrong environment. In the wetlands of southern Florida, Burmese pythons have established themselves far from their native range in Southeast Asia,

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Florida Launches Python Hunting Challenge with $10,000 Prize for Most Snakes Captured

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Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

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

When it comes to hunting Burmese pythons in Florida, there are specific protocols hunters need to follow, ranging from training and certification to safety and to how to humanely kill the invasive sna...

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Florida’s 2026 Python Challenge begins Friday: Here’s what to know

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Great Everglades Snake Hunt Begins Tonight: $25K Up For Grabs Florida Python Challenge

Maps Show Spread of Burmese Pythons as Hunting Challenge Begins

Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

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Florida dad grabbed a 202-pound Burmese python, then it started dragging him towards a canal before his entire family took down the giant snake

What began as a family outing to help remove invasive snakes from Florida's Everglades quickly turned into a terrifying fight for survival. Carl Jackson believed he had spotted a Burmese python measuring about 12 feet as it crossed a dirt road in Big Cypress National Preserve.

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Hunting pythons in Florida requires knowing more than you think

It's important for new or wanna-be python hunters to understand the basics when it comes to eliminating the invasive creatures.

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‘The Python Hunt’ Review: An Entertainingly Garish Documentary Account of a State-Sanctioned Culling Spree

Xander Robin's fluorescent, stranger-than-fiction film follows a variety of American oddballs chasing grisly snake-hunting glory in the annual Florida Python Challenge. Where that doc series had the advantage of global Netflix exposure to make it a ...

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Cyclist spots alligator chomping giant Burmese python, then swimming off with the catch

"I probably would have ridden right past it, but I saw movement."