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60-Second Science: Pythons Warm to the U.S.
Heres another reason to stop global warming: to keep the Burmese pythons in Florida. Burmese pythons have been turning up in south Florida in recent years. Perhaps youve seen the famous photo of a python ripped apart by its efforts to ingest a large alligator. Apparently people with pythons as pets have been getting rid of the snakes when they get too big by dumping them in the Everglades. And in 2003, biologists confirmed the presence of a breeding population of the slithering serpents in Everglades
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