In stark contrast to the activities of a single reticulated python that recently swallowed a woman in Indonesia, a 19-year-old south Florida man has captured 28 Burmese pythons in a annual 10-day competition to rid the state of invasive species. Matthew Concepcion was among the 1,000 people who participated in the annual snake hunt, which this year “removed” 231 of the unwanted pythons. Concepcion was awarded the $10,000 prize for most serpents sent to anguinous heaven, with Dustin Crum winning $1,500 for removing the biggest python, at just over 3.3 metres. Concepcion has been hunting pythons for about five years, […]
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