Florida Python Hunters’ Interesting Find

Author Geno

March 24th, 2023 9:16 PM

They went looking for snakes… but that’s not what they found.

Channel 8 reports python hunters near Miami found something else… a 75 year old woman who’d gone missing. First the good news – she’s ok! A Sliver Alert was issued when Darlene Peck disappeared Tuesday. She suffers from dementia and when she didn’t come home, her husband got worried.

Her car was located the next day near Miami, but it was the python hunters who found Darlene almost 300 miles away from her home. But again, a happy ending – Darlene is back home safe and sound now. Now back to the python hunt.

Pictures From Florida Python Bowl 2020

• Hunters Gather In Florida Everglades To Capture Pythons In “Python Bowl”

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  Robert Edman, with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, gives a python-catching demonstration before potential snake hunters.

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  Participants must take online training and pass a quiz.

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  I think I'll just leave this job to the professionalsssssssss.
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  So cute. OK not really.

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  Burmese pythons prey on native Florida species of mammals, birds and reptiles, as well as other nonnative species, according to flpythonchallenge.org.

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  Look at the size of this one!
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  No more Florida way to spend a weekend!

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  Bryan Backs (L) with the help of Jake Travers, from the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, learns how to capture a python.

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  The Python Challenge kicked off Friday, January 10 and goes through Sunday, January 19.
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  The grand prize is a Tracker 570 Off Road ATV worth over $5,000.

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  Veterans and first responders get extra perks for participating.

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  Miami Dade mayor Carlos Gimenez holds a python.
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  A snake hooks lie in the grass during a python-catching demonstration.

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  A snake hunter carries his knife in a snake skin sheath.

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  The goal of of the event is to empower people to take an active role in conserving the Florida Everglades through invasive species removal.
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  Scoring the longest python wins you $2,000. Same for the heaviest python.

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  Bryan Backs (L) with the help of Jake Travers, from the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, learns how to capture a python.

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