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Researchers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida used one of their 40 male pythons outfitted with a radio tracker to find the snake.
Researchers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida used one of their 40 male pythons outfitted with a radio tracker to find the snake.
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State officials devised the challenge to help combat the spread of the invasive Burmese python, which slithered its way into South Florida ecosystems in the 1990s and has been decimating native species ever since.
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State officials devised the challenge to help combat the spread of the invasive Burmese python, which slithered its way into South Florida ecosystems in the 1990s and has been decimating native species ever since.
A nursery raid of sorts in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve led to officials capturing two female Burmese pythons, dozens of their hatchlings, and 23 eggs.