William DeShazer/Staff People jockey to get an up close photo of a 13 foot and 85 pound Burmese python while handler Jeff Fobb, with the Nature Conservancy, keeps it at bay during the kickoff of the 2013 Python Challenge at the University of Florida Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center on Saturday Jan. 12, 2013. Almost 800 people have signed up to hunt Burmese pythons on public lands in Florida.

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William DeShazer/Staff People jockey to get an up close photo of a 13 foot and 85 pound Burmese python while handler Jeff Fobb, with the Nature Conservancy, keeps it at bay during the kickoff of the 2013 Python Challenge at the University of Florida Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center on Saturday Jan. 12, 2013. Almost 800 people have signed up to hunt Burmese pythons on public lands in Florida.

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