Stories Related to Giant Snakes In The Florida Everglades: How Scientists Are Using Burmese Pythons As Spies

Treasure Coast Newspapers, The Tennessean
Tue, 06/18/2019 - 7:41am

The giant invasive snakes quickly put a stranglehold on Florida's wildlife. Now scientists in the Everglades are turning them against one another.

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