Invasive pythons are swallowing Florida’s wildlife whole, and new footage shows just how bad it’s gotten. Hunters have been tracking the massive snakes for years, but the latest cameras captured something they never expected.
Biologists at a wildlife research facility in southwest Florida discovered that native predators in the Everglades have begun killing and consuming invasive Burmese pythons, a finding that challenges the long-standing belief that the pythons had no natural enemies in the region.For years, experts generally agreed that Burmese pythons, which can weigh up to 90 kilograms and reach more than six mete…
Burmese pythons are vanishing from Florida, and scientists say seven other species are already hunting them back. The invasive snakes once thrived unchecked across the Everglades, wiping out native wildlife.
A wildlife researcher tracking invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades has documented what appears to be a significant shift in the ecosystem: seven native predator species are independently preying on pythons in ways not previously recorded.Dr. Elena Marsh had conducted systematic python density surveys in the Big Cypress National Preserve for seven years under a contract with the Univ…