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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Invasive Species: Burmese Python Common Name: Brumese PythonLatin Name: Python bivittatus double click to changethis text! Drag a cornerto scale proportionally. Burmese pythons are dark-colored snakes with many brown blotches bordered in black down the back. They grow up to 12 feet long in the wild. Burmese Pythons are native to Southeast Asia but are invasive in the Southeast parts of the United States such as Florida. double click to changethis text! Drag a cornerto scale proportionally. The most likely theory of how Burmese Pythons were introduced in Florida is that they were released by pet owners into the wild. They are generally nocturnal rainforrest dwellers and prefer to live in areas near water and with many trees. Ecological Destruction and Control double click to changethis text! Drag a cornerto scale proportionally. Burmese Pythons hurt the native species because they out compete the native populations for food. This has reduced the population sizes of mid-sized mammal populations where the pythons are present.We have used dogs to help search for pythons to remove but efforts have not been very successful.They also hold an annual python hunt in the everglades to try to keep populations down.Because the pythons are competing with other apex predators such as the Florida Panther, populations of the pantherare having difficulties finiding food due to the competition. double click to changethis text! Drag a cornerto scale proportionally.
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