Florida Hosts Annual Python Hunting Competition



Massive Burmese pythons are running rampant in Florida, eating everything in their path. NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz reports on how the state is hosting a hunt with a cash prize for hunting the species that is attacking their ecosystem.

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31 comments

  1. Oh, how freaky! It's sad for the snakes, but sad for all the animals who get eaten by them. How awful!

  2. Why isn't it year round? There are thousands that don't get caught during this short hunt.

  3. Didn't they have a snake hunting episode in the early days of the Simpsons?

  4. Do they at least eat them or donate the meat to zoos so it doesn't go to waste?

  5. I'd pay to have them dumped on Desantis' front lawn AND on Abbott's front lawn! πŸ€—

  6. Just what you expect from Florida!πŸ˜‘

  7. I try to avoid these.

  8. What's the cash reward?

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  11. That happens when you let people buy animals from other countries.

  12. Trump 🍊 is the biggest snake 🐍 in Florida.

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  14. Repent Jesus christ is our soon coming king repent isiah chapter 9:6:9 repent

  15. Repent Matthew chapter 24 Bible prophecies fulfilling repent vain is the help of man repent

  16. Let us introduce Jaguars to take care of these terrible serpents

  17. Careful !! you might find a Trump under those snake nuts .

  18. Why not save the meat and feed the homeless and illegals, it's good and better yet Free!

  19. Can't the pythons eat some local Republicans? You know, help clean some MAGA infestation?

  20. We are divided and manipulated, but we can change everything, but only all together! Friends, the International Social Project CREATIVE SOCIETY is gaining tremendous momentum in the world. People from different countries, nationalities and religions are coming together to build a just society. Only together we can change our world!

  21. 08/12/22, Germany. Russian Germans appeal to all liberators of Ukraine. The letter was received by Alina Lipp from her subscribers.

    πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Letter from Russian Germans to all defenders of peace πŸ•Š

    Dear liberators of Donbass and Ukraine from Nazism and Bendery. Russian Germans write to you from Germany. There are about five million of us in the Russian-German diaspora. Two-thirds support Putin and your actions.
    We are worried about you and wish everyone to return home safe and sound. To the people of Ukraine of the world.

    The Germans of Russia 80 years ago experienced a lot of terrible things together with all the peoples of the USSR. We remember history and do not want it to be repeated.
    Many societies have been created in our diaspora, which do a lot to preserve peace and friendship between Germany and Russia.
    In 2016, the first People's Diplomats visited Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk. People's Diplomats gathered delegations more than twenty times and each time they were new people. In the same year we were joined by People's Diplomats from Norway, Holland, Austria and Belgium. They could not believe that the media presented everything in a distorted way.

    On trips around the Donbass, we met with its defenders and ordinary people. They bowed before the courage of the rebels. Upon returning to Germany, they collected help to restore what had been destroyed. We used every opportunity to tell the truth about what is really happening in Ukraine.

    On one such trip, we visited an orphanage. We were surrounded by children whose parents died under shelling by the Ukrainian army. They gave us their drawings. On which they called for peace, and that children do not become orphans. On Children's Day, in Germany, we held rallies where we showed these drawings.

    Every day for us begins with a "summary of the information bureau." We explain all the news to the younger generation, and to the older ones who do not have information from the Russian side. We, Russian-speaking Germans, have the opportunity to compare and analyze. What Europe says and does in the media, the Internet, have not lost touch with friends in Russia and Ukraine.

    There are a lot of believers among Russian Germans who pray at their divine services for a speedy end to the conflict, for peace. So that everyone can return home safe and sound.
    They pray that politicians will finally realize that the most important thing is not pressure by force and weapons, but mutual trust and negotiations.

    May God give you strength, health and Victory!!!

    Members of the societies of Russian Germans Renaissance and Community.

  22. pythons should not be legal pets to sell and own. Their is a simple factor as to why people should not be allowed to keep such snakes as pets.. The fact they continuously get big. The amount of food you have to provide these snakes especially when they get of age, is nothing anywhere near similar to that of a dog or cat, which you can just get a big bag of kibble and call it a day, No, a python needs animals to feed. Do you plan on breeding rats or rabbits to feed such a snake? and if so how long do you plan on doing so? the next 40 50 years? however long these snakes can live. i truly doubt, What about your living situation.. plan on having a 30foot python sprawled around the house along side your kids? have we not heard the sad stories of people that tried to do so and the tragic results of their sheer stupidity. Yet we see these dumb breeders and sellers online only caring about the colors and patterns the snakes have. So what always end up being an owner that can no longer care for the snake, just setting it free. not only destroying wildlife in the process but also ruining our native farming industries. All do to stupidity and vanity. people who want something but never ever fully thinking things thru.

  23. Anyone else thinking they could find lots of snakes at Mar a Lago. Can't help it, it was just to easy.

  24. I'm Hoping For Komodo Dragons Someday 😏

  25. Infrared will help this year.

  26. They already end with several species.