Money Python: Florida Contest Offers Rewards In 2013 Everglades Python Hunt

Press2ToContinue writes "Dubbed the Python Challenge, the month-long contest will award $1,000 for the longest python and $1,500 for the most pythons caught between Jan. 12 and Feb. 10 in any of four hunting areas north of Everglades National Park and at the Big Cypress National Preserve. Pythons have been spreading through the Everglades for years, posing a threat to the sensitive ecosystem by preying on native species. Some estimates put their number in the tens of thousands. Last year, 272 pythons were removed from the wild, state figures show."

Comments

I found their nest....

[mseeger]

http://www.python.org/

Also very long python there ....

Re:Cobra effect

[ColdWetDog]

WTF is this news? Was it in the 'What Hicks do in their spare time' section?

What are you about? Python is an important, widely used computer language. Of course discussion of it belongs on Slashdot.

Oh. Wait.

Re:Pythons are so incredibly awesome.

[turkeydance]

weighs more than you? you are not from Florida.

Re:Why the hell is a permit needed?

[FatLittleMonkey]

and a case of beer hunting mice.

Guess how I first interpreted that.