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The Effects of Invasive Pythons Slither through the Everglades

Brian Owens · February 15, 2017 ·

Pythons may be setting off a cascade of ecosystem changes.

The huge Burmese pythons that are slowly taking over Florida’s Everglades wetlands are a threat to the mammals that live there. But new research shows the pythons’ influence extends far beyond their own appetites: the snakes are setting off cascading changes to the ecosystem. Read more in Hakai Magazine.

Hakai conservation, ecology, everglades, Florida, invasive species

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