COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Deep in Florida’s Everglades, it’s apparently a cat-eat-snake world. The discovery of a dead 13-foot, 52-pound Burmese python led wildlife officials on a pursuit of the ...
Furry robots that look, move, and smell like real rabbits are being used to lure and capture invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida. The snakes are being blamed ...
The robots mimic the movements and body temperature of real rabbits, a favored prey of pythons. The project is funded by the South Florida Water Management District and builds upon previous research ...
The origins of Florida’s python crisis lie in the exotic pet trade of the 1980s and 1990s. These snakes were initially sold ...