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Snake hunters scour Everglades for Burmese python

Aug. 2, 2009
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has licensed seven experts to track and destroy the intruders, who are upsetting the ecosystem's delicate balance. Go ahead, stretch out in the soft grass. It's comfortable. You're surrounded by a smorgasbord of prey. You may belong half a...
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17-foot Burmese python killed in Fla.

OKEECHOBEE, Fla., July 31 (UPI) -- Florida wildlife authorities said a 17-foot, 2-inch Burmese python was captured and destroyed on a private property in Okeechobee County.

Pet python kills toddler in Florida

OXFORD, Fla., July 1 (UPI) -- A 2-year-old girl in Central Florida was found dead Wednesday morning, strangled by a pet Burmese python that escaped from an aquarium, police said.

Venezuela: Python kills snake handler

CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A student zookeeper was killed and nearly swallowed by a Burmese python in the Caracas, Venezuela, zoo, officials said.

Man 'walking' his python arrested

MASTIC, N.Y., Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A man in Mastic, N.Y., taking a 14-foot Burmese python for a "walk" was arrested and lost custody of the snake to animal control officials.

Python wanders into rush hour traffic

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 1 (UPI) -- Police in Arlington, Texas, rescued a 5-foot Burmese python that wandered into rush hour traffic near Interstate 20.

Python attacks handler during Fla. show

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Python owners would discourage others

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Pet python eats pet cat

INTERLACHEN, Fla., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A Florida woman lost her cat when a neighbor's pet python escaped and made a meal of it.

Fla. angler catches 11-foot Burmese python

STUART, Fla., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A Florida fisherman says his biggest catch of the weekend was an unusual one -- an 11-foot Burmese python probably set loose because it had gotten too big.

Albino Burmese Python found in Florida

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler