How to become a paid python hunter in Florida

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Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems.

State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes from the Florida Everglades region.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife offers free public training on how to safely capture and humanely kill pythons.

Tens of thousands of pythons are estimated to live in the Everglades, with the longest one ever caught measuring 19 feet.

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history.

They're among the largest snakes in the world, averaging between 6 and 9 feet. The longest python ever measured was caught in 2023 near Naples and came in at a whopping 19 feet.

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