Florida's Simpsons-like Python Challenge has ended, and the results aren't the greatest. Of the 150,000 Burmese pythons populating the state's Everglades, only 68 pythons were killed during the month long harvest.
The state of Florida has a bounty out on invasive pythons, luring amateur snake killers into the Everglades for a month-long hunt. Hilarious, right? Not to those who say it encourages cruelty and does little to solve conservation problems.
We all got to witness the freak occurrence of an actual snake on an actual freakin' plane this week. And while news of the scrub python quickly spread from the side of a Qantas flight to YouTube, actual scientists are pretty used to this sort of thing. Seriously. We asked a real-life snake detective.
In an effort to combat the state's out-of-control python population, Florida is starting a contest with a cash prize going to whoever can kill the most of the reptiles.
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Scientists at the University of Florida say the 160-pound, 17-foot-long Burmese python found in the Everglades last week is the largest one ever seen in the state, and more evidence that the "monstrous" snakes are taking over the park.
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