Python Challenge 2013

US Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) (L) speaks to reporters as a previously caught live Burmese python is held by Wildlife Commissioner Ron Bergeron (R) before Nelson took part in a hunt for pythons during a state-sponsored snake hunt, near in the Everglades, Florida Jan 17, 2013. Python Challenge 2013 is a month-long event sponsored by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission offering prizes of $1,500 for the most pythons captured and $1,000 for the longest python.[Photo/Agencies]