epa10119829 Thomas Rahill holds a large python he hunted, during the Florida Python Challenge (FPC) 2022 contest, in Holiday Park?s check station, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, 13 August 2022. The Florida Python Challenge is a Florida state effort to eradicate all pythons, and specifically the invasive Burmese pythons. More than 800 competitors attended the FPC 2022 event, which helps protect the rare everglades habitat from these invasive, non-native snakes. EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH
