May 25, 2013
Some snake hunters picked up their rewards in Florida on Saturday.
Winners of the Florida python challenge received cash prizes for longest python caught and for the most pythons caught.
Ruben Ramirez took home 15 hundred bucks for catching the most pythons. A total of 18.
Paul Shannon grabbed one thousand dollars for nabbing the longest python on the hunt at 14 feet - three inches long.
The month long hunt aimed to thin out the invasive Burmese python from the Florida everglades.
Overall... 16-hundred people signed up and a total of 68 pythons were killed.
