A new predator is swallowing Florida pythons whole, and the footage is changing what biologists thought they knew. For years, the invasive Burmese python was considered the undisputed apex predator of the Everglades, with no natural enemies capable of stopping its spread.
In the Florida Everglades, Burmese pythons have become a major ecological problem, but there are growing signs that native wildlife is beginning to prey on the invasive snakes. Footage has documented alligators, bobcats, wading birds, hawks, and black bears killing and eating pythons, a development that has drawn attention from researchers and wildlife managers.Burmese pythons are not native to Fl…