The annual 10-day conservation competition is focused on removing invasive Burmese pythons from public lands in South Florida.

The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location

A professional python hunter in the Florida Everglades recently stumbled upon what can only be described as the ultimate nightmare buffet: two massive, neighboring nests packed with a combined total of roughly 120 Burmese python eggs.

The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.

Every month the South Florida Water Management District challenges contracted hunters to eliminate as many of the invasive snakes as they can.