So you want to bag a Burmese python, the invasive serpent with giraffe-like markings that has turned the Florida Everglades into its personal buffet?

The South Florida Water Management District's new python incentive program has led to the elimination of more than 100 of the invasive snakes.

The Burmese python — an apex predator that can grow over 18 feet long and eat animals larger than itself — has decimated ...