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Florida’s Python Challenge is just wrangling snakes for some. But for military vets, it’s a chance to heal

For the animals and plants native to the Florida Everglades, the removal of invasive species like the Burmese python is a tough job that someone’s got to do. But for many military veterans who help ...
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Thai woman freed after hours of being strangled by a python

A Thai woman has been rescued by police after being strangled by a python for more than two hours. The 64-year-old woman, who gave her name as Arom, was doing the dishes at home on the outskirts of ...
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Monty Python returns, promising ‘comedy, music, ancient sex’

The five surviving Monty Python members on Thursday announced their comeback performance in London next year, and fans are eagerly anticipating which vintage sketches will be dusted off for another ...
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Florida is looking to hire 50 new citizen python hunters

No, this is not an announcement about a new reality show on TLC. The South Florida Water Management District really is looking for a few dozen civic-minded people to join its python elimination ...
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Florida tackling python problem with hunting contest

Burmese pythons have been threatening Florida’s ecosystem for years, so the state is turning to the public for help in the form of a hunting contest to cull the population. The Florida Fish and ...
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A 12-foot Burmese python has been loose in a Louisiana mall store for days

Search teams in Baton Rouge are rolling snake eyes when it comes to finding Cara, a large, banana-yellow Burmese python that slithered out of her exhibit in the Blue Zoo aquarium in the Mall of ...
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A 12-foot Burmese python missing from a mall aquarium has been found

Breathe easy, python fans: The search for Cara, a 12-foot serpent on the loose from her Louisiana mall aquarium exhibit, has ended happily. Cara, a yellow Burmese python, was found “safe and healthy” ...
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‘Python fever’: Hunting for snakes in the Florida Everglades

Story by Darran Simon, CNN Photographs by Scott McIntyre for CNN Donna Kalil couldn’t hear a python slithering in the grass with the wind blowing. But spotting a tunnel-shaped snake trail, she ...
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Scientists just captured a record 17-foot-long python in Florida

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. But even by python standards, this one was colossal. Scientists caught a female python in the Florida Everglades that was more than 17 ...
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40 years of ‘Holy Grail’: The best of Monty Python

Editor’s Note: In honor of its 40th anniversary, Sony Pictures and Park Circus announced Tuesday that ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ is returning to UK theaters on Oct. 14 for a one-night only, ...
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A massive 98-pound Burmese python was captured in Florida

Of course, they knew what they were doing. The captors are members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Python Action Team. The female snake, which measures 18-feet, 4-inches, is ...