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Biologist Shawn Heflick, right, searches an abandoned camp ground with his son, 14-year-old Thorne Heflick, during a hunt for Burmese pythons deep in the Everglades on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land.

Photo by DAVID ALBERS, Staff

Biologist Shawn Heflick, right, searches an abandoned camp ground with his son, 14-year-old Thorne Heflick, during a hunt for Burmese pythons deep in the Everglades on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land.

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  • Bombarded by mosquitoes and having been stung several times by wasps, biologist Shawn Heflick takes a moment to compose himself while hunting for Burmese pythons on Saturday, July 25, 2009 deep in the Everglades. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land.
  • Biologist Shawn Heflick, right, searches an abandoned camp ground with his son, 14-year-old Thorne Heflick, during a hunt for Burmese pythons deep in the Everglades on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land.
  • Biologist Shawn Heflick searches near an abandoned camp ground deep in the Everglades while hunting for Burmese pythons on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land.
  • Air boat captain Shawn Meiman, right, discusses a path around impending storms with biologist Shawn Heflick during a Burmese python hunt on Saturday, July 25, 2009 deep in the Everglades. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land.
  • Biologist Shawn Heflick searches along the perimeter of an island camp ground deep in the Everglades while hunting for Burmese pythons on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land. David Albers/Staff
  • Biologist Shawn Heflick searches the dock of a camp ground deep in the Everglades while hunting for Burmese pythons on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land. David Albers/Staff
  • Biologist Shawn Heflick searches a camp ground deep in the Everglades while hunting for Burmese pythons on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land. David Albers/Staff
  • Biologist Shawn Heflick searches an abandoned camp ground deep in the Everglades while hunting for Burmese pythons on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land. David Albers/Staff
  • Biologist Shawn Heflick searches an abandoned camp ground deep in the Everglades while hunting for Burmese pythons on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land. David Albers/Staff
  • Air boat captain Shawn Meiman, right, and biologist Shawn Heflick maneuver through thick underbrush during a Burmese python hunt on Saturday, July 25, 2009 deep in the Everglades. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land. David Albers/Staff
  • Fourteen-year-old Thorne Heflick, of Palm Bay, Fla., watches the scenery pass on an air boat during a hunt for Burmese pythons deep in the Everglades on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land. David Albers/Staff
  • Biologist Shawn Heflick searches around cabins of a campground deep in the Everglades while hunting for Burmese pythons on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land. David Albers/Staff
  • Fourteen-year-old Thorne Heflick, of Palm Bay, Fla., passes grave markers near a set of cabins dating back to the 1920s during a hunt for Burmese pythons deep in the Everglades on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land. David Albers/Staff
  • Biologist Shawn Heflick searches a camp ground deep in the Everglades while hunting for Burmese pythons on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Heflick is one of seven people officially permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to hunt the invasive species on state managed land. David Albers/Staff
  • Florida Speaker of the House Larry Cretul, right, and Florida Museum of Natural History herpetologist Kenneth Krysko, left, examine a 12-foot-long necropsied Burmese python Thursday (July 23, 2009) at Dickinson Hall on the University of Florida campus. The python, an invasive species in Florida, was a female preparing to lay 23 eggs when it was captured in the Everglades.
  • In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 photo provided by the South Florida Water Management District, a nearly 16-foot long Burmese Python is shown, that was captured and killed in Everglades National Park, Fla. The Python had recently consumed a 76-lb. adult female deer. The reptile was one of the largest ever found in South Florida. (AP Photo/South Florida Water Management District)
  • In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 photo provided by the South Florida Water Management District, workers are shown holding a nearly 16-foot long Burmese Python that was captured and killed in Everglades National Park, Fla. The Python had recently consumed a 76-lb. adult female deer. The reptile was one of the largest ever found in South Florida. (AP Photo/South Florida Water Management District)

A Burmese python hunt on Saturday, July 25, 2009 deep in the Everglades.

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