The Burmese Python In The Everglades
The Burmese python is here in the Everglades and is rapidly taking over the swamps of the south. The Burmese python’s characteristics and the predator to prey ratio causes just the release of one snake to make entire species’s go extinct, but with the right drastic measures we can stop this python problem. Watch your step next time you find yourself in the Everglades.
Pythons grow rapidly; with their average length being 23 feet, being around the width of a telephone pole, and close to a weight of 200 pounds. They are not venomous, but instead squeezes their victim to death. The snake has no predators in the Everglades, but it’s prey includes assorted small mammals and birds. Their natural habitat is Southeast Asia, which
( like the Everglades) has marshy land. It’s hunting ability isn’t even impaired by its poor eyesight ( Burmese Python: Not the Ideal Pet). …show more content…
Some pet owner have turned to releasing their pet into nearby nature. The action of releasing pets into nature has resulted in the invasion of the Burmese pythons in the Everglades. There have been national Burmese python hunts, with prizes, to try to lower the python population ( FLORIDA’S PYTHON HUNT), but this isn’t working. We are just getting rid of the effect when we need to focus on the cause, people and their exotic pets. Stricter regulations and careful supervision should be put into place. I wouldn’t want someone’s pet slithering through my yard.
The Burmese python’s lurking in the Everglades are related to or once were pets. The releasing of these dangerous creatures has caused an imbalance on the ecosystem and needs to be stopped. If you’re worried you might find a Burmese python in your swimming pool, take action! Try to raise awareness of the releasing of pets into non native
Pythons grow rapidly; with their average length being 23 feet, being around the width of a telephone pole, and close to a weight of 200 pounds. They are not venomous, but instead squeezes their victim to death. The snake has no predators in the Everglades, but it’s prey includes assorted small mammals and birds. Their natural habitat is Southeast Asia, which
( like the Everglades) has marshy land. It’s hunting ability isn’t even impaired by its poor eyesight ( Burmese Python: Not the Ideal Pet). …show more content…
Some pet owner have turned to releasing their pet into nearby nature. The action of releasing pets into nature has resulted in the invasion of the Burmese pythons in the Everglades. There have been national Burmese python hunts, with prizes, to try to lower the python population ( FLORIDA’S PYTHON HUNT), but this isn’t working. We are just getting rid of the effect when we need to focus on the cause, people and their exotic pets. Stricter regulations and careful supervision should be put into place. I wouldn’t want someone’s pet slithering through my yard.
The Burmese python’s lurking in the Everglades are related to or once were pets. The releasing of these dangerous creatures has caused an imbalance on the ecosystem and needs to be stopped. If you’re worried you might find a Burmese python in your swimming pool, take action! Try to raise awareness of the releasing of pets into non native