The annual #FloridaPythonChallenge takes place to help cut down the Burmese python population because there are SO many of these invasive snakes in the state. 🐍 ‼️ Why are they a problem? ➡️ The massive snakes don't have many predators, but they do have a lot of prey—dozens of species crucial to the Florida ecosystem, including endangered Key Large wood rats, marsh rabbits, foxes, birds, even iguanas, some of which have become near non-existent in areas the pythons have embedded themselves. | W

450K views · 7K reactions | With more than 600 dead pythons under her belt, Amy Siewe — known as the ‘Python Huntress’ — is one of a handful of women among hundreds of men hunting the invasive Burmese python in Florida's Everglades wetland ecosystem https://reut.rs/45iz9aQ | Reuters | Facebook