Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently caught up with Amy Siewe, famously known as the Python Huntress.

Q. Why is the skin of a python a threat to the invasive snake? FWC: Burmese pythons are a cryptic species and, similar to other snake species, their first defense is to blend in with the environment.

Q. Why should python hunters (and others) think twice about eating python meat? FWC: Some Burmese pythons removed from the Everglades that have been tested for mercury levels had high amounts of ...