The Burmese Python and the Florida Everglades

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The Burmese Python and the Florida Everglades Nick Scanlon

Goals What is a Burmese Python? Where are they from? How did they get to Florida? Why are they so successful? What problems are they causing? What can be done to stop them?

What is a Burmese Python? Python molorus bivittatus Family: Pythonidae 8-12 feet 100-150 pounds Life expectancy 25 years Predatory carnivores

Where are they from?

How did they get to Florida? Pet Trade Sold at Reptile pet shows(now a permit is needed to sell and purchase) Relatively cheap($20-60) When purchased relatively small

Why did they get to the Everglades Python causes problems with family/friends Pet owners become overwhelmed Release the pythons into the wild

Why Are They So Successful? Very abundant Food sources No competition No predators

What kind of problems are they causing? Eating everything Unfair competition for native snakes and other top predators

Rabbit (Sylvilagus sp.) Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) Gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) Domestic cat (Felis catus) Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Old world rats (Rattus sp.) Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Bobcat (Felis rufus) Round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni) Rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli) Birds Pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) White ibis (Eudocimus albus) American coot (Fulica american) House wren (Troglodytes aedon) Domestic goose (Anser sp.) Reptiles American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Concern of Further Migration?

What can we do? Removing by hand Bounty on snake heads Nothing(?)

Problems with Removing by Hand? Very slow Very time consuming Not very effective

Problems with Bounty Hunting? Tax payers money Safety of the bounty hunters Safety of the natives of the everglades

Do Nothing Approach?

So What Works Best?

Should Anything Be Done? Already established Might be too big of a problem to tackle Time and money might be better spent in other issues(roads, schools, etc.)