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6,300 pounds of pythons: What one group pulled from the Florida wilderness
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed a record amount of invasive Burmese pythons from the wilderness areas this year.
Python-killer mystery: What animal was fierce enough to take down this massive snake?
Biologists tracking a big python found it dead, chewed up and buried. They launched into a CSI-like investigation that ...
Record year for Burmese python program means fewer snakes, more hope for native wildlife
The Burmese python — an apex predator that can grow over 18 feet long and eat animals larger than itself — has decimated ...
Bobcat kills huge Burmese python in Everglades. What other Florida animals hunt pythons?
A bobcat was documented killing and eating a 13-foot Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Alligators, native snakes, and ...
These Snake Trackers Have Removed More than 20 Tons of Invasive Pythons from Florida… and They’re Just Getting Started
A conservation group in Florida announced Monday that its team of python trackers has removed more than 20 tons of the giant, ...
Battle to eradicate invasive pythons in Florida achieves stunning milestone
A startling milestone has been reached in Florida's war against the invasive Burmese pythons eating their way across the ...
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Python-killer mystery: What animal was fierce enough to take down this massive snake?
It was a chilly December day when Ian Bartoszek and a team of other biologists hiked into the wilderness outside Naples to track pythons. They were homing in on Loki, a 13-foot, 52-pound male.