FOX: Python purge: Florida contest turns public loose in Everglades

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Python purge: Florida contest turns public loose in Everglades

If you have 30 minutes and $25, and you can make your way to the Everglades, you can be a snake wrangler.

The Sunshine State is hosting a month-long “Python Challenge" beginning Jan.12 with cash prizes of up to $1,500 for the biggest snakes caught. Wildlife officials urge caution, but beyond the online course and the fee, there are no other requirements to hunt down the Burmese pythons, which can reach nearly 18 feet in length and have devastated much of the southern Florida ecosystem.



“Aside from the obvious goal of reducing the Burmese python population in the Everglades, we also hope to educate the public about Burmese pythons in Florida and how people can help limit the impact of this and other invasive species in Florida,” said Carli Segelson, a spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “We are also using the Challenge to gauge the effectiveness of using an incentive-based model as one tool to address a challenging invasive species management problem.

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[S.T.real,lights,out]

I can see some idiot being eaten by one of these things.

[Koolblue13]

Snakes shouldn't be pets and this is just one reason.

[LadySkinsFan]

Is there a wanted poster?

Wanted!

Pic of snake

Dead or Alive!

[zoony]

Instead of the $1500 they should offer Bud Light and Hooters gift cards. They'd get much better results

Maybe first prize could be a brand new Realtree recliner with built in cup holders

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

Anyone got a huge pet snake I can borrow? PM me. Thx

[zoony]

Anyone got a huge pet snake I can borrow? PM me. Thx

If you have a vermin problem you'd be much better off with a Jack Russell Terrier. Rodent destroyers

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

If you have a vermin problem you'd be much better off with a Jack Russell Terrier. Rodent destroyers

Na, I got a cash flow problem.

[DeaconTheVillain]

some drunk idiot will try to jump on one of these and will get owned

[Zazzaro703]

This contest I'm sure will hand out a few Darwin Awards as well.

[maxiumone]

I think we have our next "reality" TV show..

[twa]

Snakes shouldn't be pets and this is just one reason.

they should be food
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articl...-of-snake.html

[Forehead]

I'm going to pass on hunting something that can crush and eat me, but thanks for the offer.

[grhqofb5]

This is capitalism at its best. Goverment has a problem, invents a solution by awarding prizes. This is how government and the private sector should interact. Reminds me a bit of the scene in Jaws when the bounty is put on the shark.

[stevemcqueen1]

I hope they kill them all. God knows I would never go tramping around that swamp looking for giant snakes, but best wishes to the people who will.