Winners of the 2024 Python Challenge announced: Nearly 200
WEBRonald Kiger of Marion County won the 2024 Python Challenge, that took place Aug. 9-18, triumphing over 857 participants, bringing in 20 Burmese pythons during the contest. Kiger won the grand ...
Grand prize winner removed 20 Burmese pythons ... - Associated Press News
WEB4 days ago · WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt, which was meant to bring awareness to the threat that these pythons pose to the ecosystem. Last year, he was the direct runner-up to the grand prize winner.
Burmese pythons in Florida are moving north - USA TODAY
WEBJun 25, 2024 · Burmese pythons – nonvenomous, but large enough to eat alligators and household pets – are moving north across Florida from the Everglades toward Georgia, taking out hundreds of native species...
Florida Python Challenge winner removes 20 Burmese pythons ... - CBS News
WEB3 days ago · The Burmese python population exploded in the mid-90s after being imported from South Asia as exotic pets. Burmese pythons are usually between six to nine feet but can grow over 15 feet long .
A hunter’s graveyard shift: grabbing pythons in the Everglades
WEBAug 18, 2024 · Thomas Aycock, a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, shows off an invasive Burmese python caught earlier, as he waits for sunset to hunt pythons, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in the Florida Everglades.
A record-breaking Burmese python — as long as a giraffe is tall ... - NPR
WEBJul 13, 2023 · A 19-foot Burmese python — the longest ever recorded — was caught by local hunters in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week. To put the catch into perspective, the snake is as...
Watch a Florida man wrestle a record-breaking 19-foot-long ... - CBS News
WEBJul 13, 2023 · A Florida duo known as the "Glades Boys" have captured the state's longest-ever recorded Burmese python, measuring 19 feet long and weighing 125 pounds. The record catch of the invasive species...
Snake hunters will wrangle invasive Burmese pythons in …
WEBAug 10, 2024 · Snake hunters will wrangle invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades during Florida’s 10-day challenge. Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes.
Her Livelihood? Hunting Pythons in the Dead of Night.
WEBNov 12, 2023 · Amy Siewe teaches people how to find and euthanize invasive Burmese pythons, which have been so successful at adapting to Florida that they appear here to stay.
Pythons, Invasive and Hungry, Are Making Their Way North in …
WEBMar 14, 2023 · In late 2021, a team from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida found likely the largest Burmese python ever recorded in the state: a 215-pound female with 122 eggs inside her.