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Florida readies to battle invasive pythons with a new video PSA

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Florida readies to battle invasive pythons with a new video PSA
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There are anywhere between 100,000 and 300,000 invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) currently slithering through the Florida Everglades. You’d be forgiven for thinking far fewer of the destructive predators are causing havoc, however. The often 13-foot-long snakes perfectly blend into the ecosystem’s subtropical riverways and foliage. Conservationists estimate that less than five percent of them are visible to the average passerby. That means for every 20 pythons, only one is caught duri

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