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Gator, pythons for news show
Gator, python for news show
"Burmese pythons are found primarily in and around the Everglades ecosystem in south Florida where the snake represents a threat to native wildlife," according to the FWC. Credit/Conservancy of Southwest Florida
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Nearly 1,000 professional and amateur Burmese python hunters captured 231 of the invasive snakes, like the one shown above, in the ten-day Florida Python Challenge this summer in the Everglades (Andy Wraithmell/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
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Burmese pythons are not native to Florida, are found in and around the Everglades ecosystem, and negatively impact native species. A female Burmese python lays up to 100 eggs at a time. (Andy Wraithmell/ / Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation)
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The world record Burmese python (Nature Conservancy of Southwest Florida / WGCU)
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A 10-year effort is now published in the journal Management of Biological Invasions by wildlife biologists from the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences revealing how a series of efforts and strategies led to successful control and removal of spectacled caimans in the Eastern Everglades. The animal resembles a smaller American alligator
(University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences / WGCU)
(University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences / WGCU)
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Alligators and babies in the Everglades
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An alligator surfaces in the water off the boardwalk at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples on Monday, July 8, 2024. (Andrea Melendez / WGCU)
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An alligator surfaces in the water off the boardwalk at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples on Monday, July 8, 2024. (Andrea Melendez / WGCU)
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A juvenile alligator surfaces near the boardwalk at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary on Monday, July 8, 2024, in Naples. (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
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