Florida python wars

Pythons have been on the loose in Florida going back 100 years. This clip shows Everglades mating pythons beng captured through bug-implanted males in March 2010. This is from http://www.youtube.com/user/RochfordMike

Everglades python hunters - National Geographic TV http://natgeotv.com/uk/python-hunters/videos/big-freeze

Big Snakes, Bigger Problem
http://www.ufalumnimagazines.com/florida/features/winter-2010/big-snakes/
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw286

3/21/10
PBS: Nature: Invasion of the Giant Pythons
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/invasion-of-the-giant-pythons/introdu...
What is it like to work on the front lines of the invasive Burmese python problem? Listen to these python experts tell their stories in their own words.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/invasion-of-the-giant-pythons/audio-p...

EDDMapS is a web-based mapping system for documenting invasive species distribution. It is fast, easy to use and doesn't require Geographic Information Systems experience. Launched in 2005 by the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia -http://www.IveGot1.org
Plant and Animal Distribution Maps
http://www.eddmaps.org/distribution/
(In Florida)
Burmese python (274 sightings)
http://www.eddmaps.org/florida/distribution/viewmap.cfm?sub=20461
Common boa (34 sightings)
http://www.eddmaps.org/florida/distribution/viewmap.cfm?sub=18348
Green anaconda (2 sightings)
http://www.eddmaps.org/florida/distribution/viewmap.cfm?sub=22774
Yellow anaconda (2 sightings)
http://www.eddmaps.org/florida/distribution/viewmap.cfm?sub=22027

More: http://groups.google.com/group/e-everglades/web/florida-python-wars

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• Rochford
• pythons
• Everglades
• florida

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