Burmese python, Florida
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Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades-and it's working.
Are Florida's invasive Burmese pythons are more active in warmer months? Signs show signs of cold tolerance, potentially spreading north.
In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking collars around their necks and releasing them back into the mangrove thickets.
This Instagram post of a Burmese python eating a 77-pound white-tailed deer is quite horrifying. It teaches us a lot about the power of these incredible but invasive reptiles. At the same time, it raises questions about the impact this non-native species ...