Florida's Python Problem: Snakes Reshape The Everglades

NPR | Jan. 14, 2013 1:01 p.m.

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission launched its first ever "Python Challenge." Nearly 800 hunters have registered for the month-long competition aimed at harvesting Burmese pythons and increasing awareness about the threat they present to the ecosystem of the Everglades.