Why Would a Python End Up in a Florida Pool? With pythons becoming more widespread in Florida, backyard sightings are becoming more common. But why would a snake seek refuge in a pool?

Bodycam footage from the incident shows a deputy arriving at a home in Lehigh Acres in southwest Florida, where a large ball python had slithered its way by the pool.

Body camera video from the Lee County Sheriff's Office shows a deputy picking up a python found on a family's pool deck in Lehigh Acres on July 5.

Animals 'Rescue to roommate': Python adopted by Florida deputy after reptile was rescued from pool party Video captures the hilarious moment a deputy calmly rescued the snake as partygoers panicked.

Animals 'Rescue to roommate': Python adopted by Florida deputy after reptile was rescued from pool party Video captures the hilarious moment a deputy calmly rescued the snake as partygoers panicked.

A ball python was rescued from a home in Lehigh Acres, Florida, over the Fourth of July weekend.

In 2023, the Florida Python Challenge removed 209 invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. A total of 917 pythons have been removed during the challenge since it began.

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you can't shoot them.

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competitive hunt created by the FWC to encourage participants to remove pythons from seven commission-managed lands in South Florida.

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition created by FWC to encourage participants to remove the large nonvenomous constrictor snakes that are an invasive species in Florida.

Can you kill a Burmese python in Florida? Burmese pythons are not protected in Florida except by anti-cruelty laws. Burmese pythons must be humanely euthanized, according to the FWC.