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A professional python hunter in the Florida Everglades recently stumbled upon what can only be described as the ultimate nightmare buffet: two massive, neighboring nests packed with a combined total of roughly 120 Burmese python eggs.
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Florida prepares next massive python hunt as Everglades invasion worsens
The annual 10-day conservation competition is focused on removing invasive Burmese pythons from public lands in South Florida.
Burmese pythons are an invasive species causing destruction in the Florida Everglades. The snakes have contributed to the decline of several small mammal populations. Estimates place the Burmese python population in the tens of thousands. The turkey is ...
Every month the South Florida Water Management District challenges contracted hunters to eliminate as many of the invasive snakes as they can.