In the hunt for sustainable food sources amidst challenges of food security and Climate change, unconventional options are gaining traction. One alternative gaining attention is the commercial farming of pythons. Dr. Daniel Natusch and Dr. Patrick Aust, leading researchers in this field, advocate for the incorporation of pythons into the agricultural mix as a sustainable […]
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Jaw-dropping moment a gigantic alligator devours a python in the Florida Everglades after epic reptile rumble
Incredible video of an enormous alligator devouring a python in Florida’s Everglades was filmed by a passing cyclist earlier this week. Alison Joslyn, who is an endurance athlete and has a passion for wildlife photography, caught the shocking sight as she was out on her bike, training. ‘That’s one less python to terrorize the Everglades.’ […]
Teen Woken by 6ft Python Slithering Over His Body
We’ve all been woken up by the feeling of something crawling over our skin. Maybe it’s a fly, or the cat, or just our imagination. But for one boy in Hervey Bay, Australia, a more slippery surprise was waiting for him as he opened his eyes. Slithering over his body was an enormous snake, measuring […]
Woman Sleeps With Snake Every Night, Until Doctor Shows Her What’s Inside
As one of the vets performed an ultrasound on the python, his face betrayed his concern to the others gathered around. She wondered what they were seeing that made their foreheads crease into frowns. He began worrying for her precious baby. Mel had always been labeled as odd. Hey, if she wanted to tattoo most […]
The longest Burmese python ever measured was caught in Florida this week: ‘It was insane’
FORT MYERS, Fla. − Hunters in South Florida caught the largestBurmese python ever measured, and the lengthy beast is being examined at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples. The 19-foot python was caught in the Big Cypress National Preserve in eastern Collier County early Monday morning by Naples hunter and Ohio State University student […]
Size of Huge Python Crossing the Street Shocks Internet: ‘I’d Move State’
In another instance of Australia’s larger-than-life wildlife causing shocking the internet, a gargantuan python has been spotted stretched across a road. The snake was found in northern Queensland on Tuesday, with its scaly length crossing the whole width of one of the road lanes. “Check out the size of this one,” Redland’s Snake Catcher captioned […]
Pythons Are Allowing Rats to Take Over the Everglades
Burmese pythons have been flourishing in the Florida Everglades for more than 40 years, during which time the invasive snakes have upended the native food web and decimated small mammal populations. And new research from the University of Florida shows how this chink in the food chain has led to another unwanted effect: a marked […]
Participants Register For Cruel Python Challenge to Kill Invasive Burmese Pythons in the Everglades
Once again, registration has opened for the Florida Python Challenge, in which participants compete in the Everglades to remove the invasive Burmese pythons to win a cash prize. The annual python removal competition first began in 2013, and thousands of pythons have been killed since then. Pythons are native to Southeast Asia but were first […]