Burmese python, Florida
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Amy Siewe was a successful real estate agent -- but her life changed after she captured her first python in Florida's Everglades. "I just had this fascination with snakes. So when I learned that there was a python problem here in Florida
Three hunters captured a 16-foot-long, 105-pound python in the Everglades just as they were returning home after a night of searching for the enormous invasive snakes that have become a scourge in South Florida.
Burmese pythons are wreaking havoc on the Everglades ecosystem, but some native animals have been known to prey on the enormous reptiles
A bobcat was documented killing and eating a 13-foot Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Alligators, native snakes, and birds of prey are also known to prey on pythons. Burmese pythons are an invasive species, originally from Southeast Asia, that have established a significant population in the Everglades.
Wildlife experts believe that predators native to the Everglades are beginning to fight back against the invasive species of snake.