Florida Python Challenge Begins

For competitors, the challenge is to harvest the well-camouflaged Burmese python with the chance of winning prizes of up to $1,500.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, more than 800 people are registered to compete in the the 2013 Python Challenge, which is a competition to see who can bring in the longest and the most Burmese pythons from designated public lands in south Florida. For competitors, the challenge is to harvest the well-camouflaged Burmese python, which can grow to more than 17 feet in the wild in Florida, with the chance of winning prizes of up to $1,500. Registrants are coming from more than 30 other states, according to the FWC. Hunters will have from midnight on Sunday, Feb. 10 to find these nonvenomous constrictors. According to the FWC, the primary goals of the Python Challenge are to raise public awareness and …

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