Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

With few natural predators in the region, they are able to consume prey ranging from rodents to deer.

It's important for new or wanna-be python hunters to understand the basics when it comes to eliminating the invasive creatures.

There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by ...