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Florida Python Challenge captures 280 snakes

280 snakes killed at 2026 Florida Python Challenge

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the results of this year’s Florida Python Challenge, which featured 907 participants from 30 states as well as Vietnam and Canada.

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Python challenge grand prize winner snags 96 snakes along with $10,000

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Florida Python Challenge: Longest snakes caught added up to 33 feet

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Tom Rahill catches 96 snakes to unseat reigning Florida python champ Taylor Stanberry

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280 pythons captured in annual 10-day Florida Python Challenge

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Florida Python Challenge winner nets 96 snakes, $10,000 prize

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Kym Clark hunted in the 2026 Python Challenge

South Florida Water Management District contracted python hunter Kym Clark with one of her catches.

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Winner of 2026 Florida Python Challenge announced; 96 pythons removed

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FWC announces Florida Python Challenge winner

Newsweek

Burmese Pythons Could Fit Your Whole Head in Their Mouth

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In something straight out of a horror movie, scientists have found that Burmese pythons can open their mouths even wider than ...

Sun Sentinel

Record number of snakes removed in 2025 Florida Python Challenge

The 2025 Python Challenge removed a record 294 invasive Burmese pythons from Florida ecosystems. The winner, Taylor Stanberry, removed 60 Burmese pythons and took home a $10,000 prize. The 10-day competition had 934 participants from 30 states and Canada.

IndieWire

‘The Python Hunt’ Review: This Insane Look at an All-Night Snake-Hunting Contest Might Be the Next ‘Tiger King’

SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t have a picnic at the beach and then be upset when seagulls ...