Q. What does a python bite look like? On a recent Burmese python hunt, Amy Siewe encountered a couple of snakes that had no intention of being caught. In other words, they put up a fight.

Python Q&A: What does a Burmese python bite look like? The 'Python Huntress' Amy Siewe returned from a recent python hunt and revealed the snake's bit marks on her arm.

Burmese pythons will be targeted by hunters for a 10-day period starting on July 11 in the annual Florida Python Challenge.

Burmese python fast facts: First introduced to the wild in Florida via the pet trade as early as 1979. Now established in South Florida, particularly Miami-Dade, Collier, and Monroe counties.

More video: See what a python bite looks like Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently caught up with Amy Siewe, famously known as the Python Huntress.

The blotches look like puzzle pieces or the markings on a giraffe. They have a pyramid-shaped head with a dark, arrowhead-shaped wedge extending toward the nose.