Researching Pythons in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve

Researching Pythons in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve: We’re in the swamp lands in south Florida - Big Cypress National Preserve - on the hunt for Burmese Pythons, and invasive species that is non-native to the land and threatening the local animal population such as the Florida Panther. We’re on the preserve to see how the National Park & National Park Service (NPS) is trying to track & manage the growing python problem in Big Cypress National Preserve. The python population in this south Florida is running rampant and it’s incredibly challenging getting a beat to stop them. Evidently, pythons are ambush hunters that stay motionless for hours waiting for prey to move right in front of them.
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[@fabior.azevedo8055]

very beautiful and full of wildlife this reserve. It is of great importance to maintain areas like this, preserved.

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[@Yadu36748]

Fire is an important part of Florida Habitat. Are pythons adapted to that?

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[@epicplantbattles6092]

It started over 100 years ago when a few escaped from a circus train derailment

[@harpers1niter]

Why didn't they remove the one they found?

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[@ThatSocratesguy]

Theyve spread from the Everglades to other parts of Florida?

[@RockTheParkOfficial]

The Burmese python is now distributed across more than a thousand square miles of southern Florida, including all of Everglades National Park and areas to the north including Big Cypress National Preserve and Collier-Seminole State Forest. A number of Burmese pythons have been found in the Florida Keys, but there is not yet confirmation of a breeding population in the Keys. A population of boa constrictors has been established for many years in southern Miami, centered on a county park. Researchers have recently confirmed the presence of a reproducing population of northern African pythons on the western boundary of Miami

[@v.dargain1678]

@@RockTheParkOfficial That is way too many constrictors way too close to human populations . Do you have a long term management plan ?

[@epicplantbattles6092]

Judas snake