Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Python Challenge


The Python Challenge has recently started. About 800 men come to participate in this hunt. It is held in southern Florida. Not many Pythons have been found. The Pythons are quite hard to find. Many men wander around for 12 hours a day and find nothing. So far they have captured about 11 Pythons. It is believed that there are about 1,000 to be found in Florida. Some of the men become bored, but continue the hunt for the rush and/or for the money. The person who catches the longest Python receives $1,000 and the person who catches the most Pythons receives $1,000. These men may be crazy, but if it's what they love to do, then go right ahead. Here's the article:
A Burmese python is coiled around the arm of hunter Michael Cole during a news conference  Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 in the Florida Everglades where the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission announced a special season for hunters to capture and remove reptiles of concern from state-managed lands around the Everglades.
Florida Python Challenge Not Going So Well - Only 11 Burmese pythons found so far by 800 hunters