Up for a challenge? Apply to work as a Florida python hunter

[Bean]

Several videos on python hunting one after another here:

Florida expands python fight; 1,000 apply to become hunters

It’s not a high-paying job, but more than 1,000 people want the chance to kill pythons in Florida’s Everglades. The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board agreed Thursd…

www.sun-sentinel.com

The going rate: $8.65 an hour, with extra bounties depending on the length of the snake. It’s an additional $50 for the first 4 feet and $25 for every foot thereafter. Hunters who catch pythons that were guarding eggs can collect an extra $200.

"Hurricane Andrew 1992 caused the release of several pythons along with irresponsible snake owners just letting them loose."

Up for a challenge? Apply to work as a Florida python hunter | Southern Perspective

The South Florida Water Management District recently opened 25 more positions for python hunters and received about 1,000 applications.

www.pnj.com

https://www.ibtimes.com/what-florid...-gather-event-targets-invasive-snakes-2905086
"A 2012 study found that, since the invasion of pythons, the Everglades boasted 99% fewer raccoons, 98% fewer opossums, and 87% fewer bobcats. "

 

[clove8828]

8.65 and hour I'll think I'll pass

 

[Bean]

Capable of reaching 25 feet in length, composed of essentially all muscle at 550 pounds, Anacondas in South America are no joke. If they can out-wrestle a crocodile, you surely know any normal man’s chances.

 

[Bean]

The Malaysian Boa
Although we’ve largely seen gigantic snakes in movies, construction workers in a Malaysian jungle came across a real 26-foot-long, 550 pound snake near their worksite. Experts dubbed this find as one of the largest snakes ever seen.

 

[CO4NU]

8.65 and hour I'll think I'll pass

No shiite...move the decimal point one to the right and Id' still stay in the truck.

 

[Ackos]

NOPE!