Why Florida hunters should never cut off the head of a python

Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for how to kill the invasive.

There's an invasive Burmese python in my backyard. Now what do I do?

It's not common for someone to find a python in their backyard or garage in Florida, but if they do there are steps to follow ...
Yahoo

The Florida Python Challenge Is Back, and It’s Seeking Hunters to Kill Invasive Snakes for a $10,000 Grand Prize

The event offers a $10,000 grand prize to whoever removes the most Burmese pythons from the Everglades The annual challenge is a state effort to decrease the number of Burmese pythons in the ...
USA Today

'It's an unsettling feat': How Florida's invasive python kills its prey

The annual Florida Python Challenge offers cash prizes to hunters for removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Pythons are ambush predators that use constriction to kill prey by cutting ...