Snakes
To Catch a Snake: Largest Python Found in Everglades Signals a Threat
The state is seeking to improve detection of pythons in the wild, because they are skilled at camouflaging and settling in remote areas, Ms. Spencer said. “We need to try multiple methods, multiple ways to try to control these animals,” she said. Burmese pythons were introduced to the Everglades in the 1980s by the exotic […]
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An Anaconda’s Play Date With Dolphins Took a Strange Turn
But Sonja Wild, a behavioral ecologist at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, who was not part of the study, was skeptical that the interaction was purposely instructive. It’s more plausible the juveniles were observing because they were curious, she says. And because anacondas are strong, Dr. Wild wonders if the snake was […]
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Bobcats With a Taste for Python Eggs Might Be the Guardians of Florida’s Swamp
The voracious appetite of the invasive Burmese python is causing Florida’s mammal and bird populations to plummet. With little natural competition to control the big snake’s numbers, the situation looks desperate. But new observations suggest that the bobcat, a wildcat native to Florida, might be able to help. A team of ecologists collected evidence recently […]
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