Florida wildlife officials take aim at pythons
State wildlife officials want more money to eradicate invasive Burmese pythons and increased penalties for people who illegally import and release venomous reptiles.
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State wildlife officials want more money to eradicate invasive Burmese pythons and increased penalties for people who illegally import and release venomous reptiles.
An 18-foot Burmese python caught in the Florida Everglades was discovered to have devoured a whole 5-foot alligator inside its belly, which shocked many.
The video has racked up thousands of views on Instagram.
Here in the Natural State, invasive species for the most part are limited to expat Bayou Bengals from south of Junction City, and maybe a few Texas Longhorns who got turned around in Texarkana.
A 19-year-old Florida man won the top prize in the state's annual Florida Python Challenge after capturing and removing 28 Burmese pythons, an invasive species in the Everglades.