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" A python hunting competition will begin on Saturday. The month-long event - Python Challenge 2013 - has so far attracted 500 entrants and is based in the Florida Everglades, a region where some Burmese pythons are said to exceed the length of minivans. According to Reuters, participants pay a $25 (\u00C2\u00A316) entry fee and take an online training course aimed at educating entrants of the differences between the targeted and protected snakes. The organisers of the event hope to raise awareness of the Burmese pythons and the threat they carry to the local ecosystem. The snakes reportedly have no predators. Participants have been advised to shoot the snakes through the brain and kill them in a &amp;#039;humane&amp;#039; fashion. Retired salesman Ron Polster, who is taking part in the competition, said: &amp;quot;I was hoping there would be a lot of machetes and not a lot of guns. These idiots will be firing all over the place.&amp;quot; The person who captures the most pythons stands to win $1,500, while the longest python will net the hunter $1,000. Last year, the largest Burmese python captured weighed nearly 165lbs (75kg) with a length of 17ft 7in. &amp;amp;gt; Python found on toilet seat by elderly couple&amp;amp;gt; Couple shocked to discover 16-foot python inside car engine "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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