A Burmese python and alligator wrestle to the death in the Everglades

As a frequently visitor to the Sunshine State, we were excited to learn about the upcoming new hunting season in 2010!

Starting on March 8, hunters may buy a $26 license and pursue five new species of big game. Of course, you might need a big larger game bag since some of the prey will probably top out around 20 feet long.

The new open seasons will allow hunters to pursue Burmese and Indian pythons, African rock pythons, green anacondas and Nile monitor lizards. The reptiles are highly-damaging species invading the south-Florida Everglades ecosystem far faster than they can be eliminated.  Now, the legislature has turned to open hunting seasons in order to help check the spread of these pests.

Imagine the thrill of stalking a seven-foot-long venomous lizard or a snake powerful enough to kill and eat a full-grown alligator.

Unless the stalk involves a helicopter gunship, count me out.

Read more here.

Photo courtesy USGS

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