Florida hunters should never cut off the head of a python
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Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event
Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.
Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during breeding season on March 11, 2026 in the interior of the northern Everglades. Ashley Miznazi amiznazi@miamiherald.com
The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed 177 apex predators weighing a combined 8,
Florida’s invasive Burmese pythons can swallow native deer and alligators completely, according to a new study – as a jaw-dropping video showed one of the snakes taking down a deer in one gulp. A terrifying new study showed how Burmese pythons can ...
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Florida man hailed for snagging 8-foot python in the Everglades, then fined $180
"One python can lay 50 eggs, and those pythons 50 more eggs as the process continues."
Able to stretch as long as a telephone pole and swallow an antelope or alligator whole, a python is a marvel of nature. Consider how it feeds: In the first 24 hours after devouring its massive prey, its heart grows 25%, its cardiac tissue softens ...