Predatory snakes become prey in Florida Everglades (CNN)

By Kim Segal and John Zarrella
CNN


THE EVERGLADES, Florida (CNN) -- Joe Wasilewski drives along a narrow stretch of road through Florida's Everglades. The sun is setting, night is coming on quickly, and Wasilewski is on the prowl for snakes -- and one snake in particular.

"The next 10 miles seem to be the hot spot for Burmese pythons," he said.

Wasilewski is a state-sanctioned snake-hunter who regularly scours this area for the reptiles. The Everglades, known as the River of Grass, has the perfect space and climate for pythons to hide and breed.

And breed they do: The largest clutches found in the Everglades have contained 83 eggs.

They are also speedy travelers, able to move across 1.6 miles of land every day, experts say.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/30/florida.python.hunter/index.html




No. More. Exotic. Pets.

I died a little bit a couple of months back when people who should know better were talking about importing Asian oysters into the Chesapeake. They've known for thirty years they can reverse most of the damage by cleaning up the bay, but, no, let's do it "the easy way."