Just three decades after the invasive Burmese python became established in southern Florida, scientists believe there may now be tens of thousands of these
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Michael Dorcas
giant snakes living across an 8,000-square-kilometer area. And…
Tags: · Burmese python, Florida everglades, invasives, native species
By Melissa Segrest
Green Right Now
They started out as pets, perhaps living in little boys’ bedrooms, being shown off to friends and wrapping around arms. But then the Burmese pythons grew, and grew, and grew (about 7 feet in a year), and they weren’t so cute or easy to deal with any more.
So, trying to do the right thing, their owners gently released them into the wild, near the large, shallow “river of grass” that flows through much of south Florida, known as the Everglades.
Problem solved.
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Andrew Winston
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Anthony Swift