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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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280 pythons captured in annual 10-day Florida Python Challenge

The snakes were a little more elusive this year, but 280 invasive Burmese pythons were removed during the annual Florida Python Challenge.

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

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Kym Clark hunted in the 2026 Python Challenge

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Winner of 2026 Florida Python Challenge announced; 96 pythons removed

This year’s Ultimate Grand Prize winner and the recipient of $10,000 was Tom Rahill, who removed 96 Burmese pythons from the Everglades National Park during the competition.

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FWC announces Florida Python Challenge winner

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2026 Florida Python Challenge grand prize winner announced

Video shows 8-foot python pulled from NJ backyard

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Video shows 8-foot python pulled from NJ backyard after eating a possum

A massive 8-foot python was found in a New Jersey backyard. The 40-pound snake is now safely back in a cage, but not before it gave residents in Freehold a scare.

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8-foot Burmese python slithers into Freehold backyard, hides in shed

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8-foot Burmese python found in New Jersey backyard after eating opossum under shed

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Everglades hunter wins $10,000 after capturing 96 invasive pythons in 10 days

Thomas Rahill claimed the top prize in Florida's 2026 Python Challenge after removing 96 Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Participants removed 280 invasive snakes during the annual conservation competition.

Smithsonian Magazine

Florida Bobcat Kills 13-Foot Python for the First Time on Record. It’s a Sign of Nature ‘Fighting Back’ Against the Invasive Snakes

Burmese pythons—like this one photographed at Everglades National Park—are decimating animal populations in South Florida. NPS / R. Cammauf Burmese pythons in Florida have been known to swallow large animals, like deer and alligators. Now, however ...

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15-foot python in a family's garden was too big for one rescue team to move

"The local rescue unit didn't have the equipment to catch such a large snake."