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Not only did Taylor Stanberry become the first woman to win the Florida Python Challenge, but she did it in record style.
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The winner of the $10,000 ultimate grand prize this year was Taylor Stanberry, who removed a whopping 60 pythons.
A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem.
Woman wins 2025 Florida Python Challenge as record amount of snakes removed The winner of the $10,000 ultimate grand prize this year was Taylor Stanberry, who removed a whopping 60 pythons.
The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet the 2025 winner, Taylor Stanberry.
Florida woman breaks python challenge record by capturing 60 snakes, helping remove 294 invasive Burmese pythons from Everglades in 2025 competition.
Woman claims $10,000 as "Ultimate Grand Prize" winner in Florida Python Challenge When it was all said and done Wednesday, a woman emerged as the top snake slayer of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge.
Taylor Stanberry has been crowned as the winner of the annual python challenge after lacerating dozens of the invasive species, and the first woman to earn a place in the competition while ...
"The snake probably was a pet that got too large to keep and too expensive to feed," Sheriff Lee Foster told Newsweek.
Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said on social media that Warren Gallman and several friends were able to safely capture ...