When not working at his job staging cultural events in Miami, Enrique Galan, regularly disappears into the Everglades to hunt down Burmese pythons, an invasive species that has been damaging Florida's wetland ecosystem for decades. The 34-year-old spends his time tracking down the nocturnal reptiles from Southeast Asia. He does so as a professional hunter, hired by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to help control the python population, estimated to be in the tens of thousands. Galan took a short online training course before hunting pythons, but says he learned everything he knows from Tom Rahill. The 65-year-old founded the Swamp Apes association 15 years ago to help war veterans deal with their traumatic memories through an original activity: python hunting. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES