Florida Scientists Broke Their Own Record Removing 4 Tons of Pythons

Over four tons of invasive Burmese pythons have been removed from Southwest Florida ecosystems during this breeding season.

Scientists use male scout snakes to track female Burmese pythons during breeding season

A record 177 Burmese pythons weighing 8,080 pounds and more than 4,000 eggs were removed from Florida this breeding season.
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Florida scientists are tracking Burmese pythons in the Everglades — using male pythons

A biologist described the python invasion in blunt terms: "This one is very much out of the bag." ...
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6,300 pounds of pythons: What one group pulled from the Florida wilderness

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, a nonprofit organization dedicated to land and wildlife conservation, has removed a record amount of invasive Burmese pythons from farming and wilderness areas ...