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9 of Florida's most dangerous animals (WFTV)

Florida considers first black-bear hunting season in two decades A black bear wanders through its enclosure at the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society on Thursday, August 14, 2014 in West Palm Beach. The black bears are part of the Art Gone Wild program in which animals create paintings that are sold to raise money to take care of the zoo animals. (Madeline Gray / The Palm Beach Post) (Madeline Gray)

Hunters Gather In Florida Everglades To Capture Pythons In "Python Bowl" SUNRISE, FLORIDA - JANUARY 10: A python is seen as Robert Edman, with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, gives a python-catching demonstration to potential snake hunters at the start of the Python Bowl 2020 on January 10, 2020 in Sunrise, Florida. The Florida Python Challenge 2020 Python Bowl taking place a few weeks before the Super Bowl being held in Miami Gardens, is a 10-day competition to remove Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades due to the threat to the delicate ecosystem that they pose as they have no predators and reproduce rapidly. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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