A mother and son have gone viral for their python removal team-up, which was captured on video and uploaded to TikTok five days before Thanksgiving. Snake trapper Mike Kimmel, aka Python Cowboy, ...

Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the July 2019 issue of Sarasota Magazine. Registration is open for the 2025 python removal challenge, which begins on July 11, 2025, at 12:01 a.m.

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