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Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science stepped in.
The annual Florida Python Challenge begins Friday, giving snake hunters 10 days to remove as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible.
Python hunters in Florida will begin competing in the state’s annual removal competition one minute after the clock strikes midnight on Friday.
More than 200 of the invasive pythons were removed from South Florida during last year's hunt, according to the FWC.
A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.
This year’s event, hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South Florida Water Management District, features National Park as a
