What is a ball python? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted during the Florida Python Challenge? We explain the details.

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What is a ball python? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted during the Florida Python Challenge? We explain the details.

The Florida Python Challenge is held annually to raise awareness of Burmese pythons, an invasive snake, and the damage it has inflicted on the Everglades.

Burmese pythons are connected with a 90% decrease in mammals in the Florida Everglades. Conservationists use various tools to remove the invasive species, rather than one single solution.

National Park Service officials say they captured a Burmese python more than 18 feet long along a popular wildlife-watching trail in Everglades National Park.

The Burmese python, a non native species to Florida, was first recorded in the Sunshine State in the 1990s. Its exact population size is unclear.