Burmese Python Animal

opossums, Burmese python and Florida

Invasive Burmese pythons may have met their match – opossums

Wildlife researchers have found an unconventional way to help control invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades – by using one of the snakes’ favorite prey.

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Opossums vs. Pythons: Inside Florida's Unusual Strategy for Fighting Invasive Snakes

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GPS-collared opossums help track Florida pythons after being eaten

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Video shows Florida hunter catch a nearly 17-foot python weighing 202 pounds

A Florida man recently caught the second-heaviest python on record in the state in the Big Cypress National Preserve.

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Florida possums with GPS collars used to track pythons in Everglades

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GPS-collared opossums help track pythons after being eaten

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Key Largo’s ‘Spy’ Opossums Lead Hunters To Giant Pythons

In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking collars around their necks and releasing them back into the mangrove thickets.

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How many humans does it take to measure a huge Burmese python? Three.

Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the invasive snake.