Champion snake hunter wins $10k in python challenge

The 2022 Florida Python Challenge names its winners because the competitors involves a detailed.

Matthew Concepcion eliminated 28 Burmese pythons, bringing house the $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize courtesy of the Bergeron Everglades Foundation.

Dustin Crum received a $1,500 prize for the longest python, measuring 11-feet and 0.24 inches.

The Florida Everglades was the massive winner. 231 invasive Burmese pythons have been faraway from the Everglades throughout the practically 10-day competitors.

“Once again, the Florida Python Challenge has yielded impressive results with hundreds of invasive pythons being removed from the wild,” stated Governor Ron DeSantis. “Removing these snakes is one of the many efforts we are employing to restore and maintain the Everglades ecosystem.”

Nearly 1,000 individuals from 32 states, Canada and Latvia got here collectively to take away a whole lot of Burmese pythons from South Florida

Visit FlPythonChallenge.org. for extra information.