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Exotic and Invasive Species
By: Jonathan Mejia
• Burmese Python orginated in Southeast Asia
• They live in aquatic and semi aquatic biomes.
• Burmese Pythons are dark-colored snakes The perceived attractiveness of their skin pattern contributes to their popularity with both reptile keepers and the leather industry.
• They are capable of reaching 23 feet or more in length and weighing up to 200 pounds.
• Burmese pythons are carnivores, surviving mainly on small mammals and birds but they will eat practically anything.
• They have poor eyesight.
• They stalk prey using chemical receptors in their tongues and heat-sensors along the jaws.
• They kill with contrisiction.
BURMESE PYTHON
• Burmese live in biomes which were duplicated here in the U.S. in Florida, mainly in the Everglades.
• This environment has all their living conditions for them to flourish.
• This happens because many owners can’t take care of these animals any more, so they are released into the wild where the have flourished.
• These pythons are now the top predator of Florida.
• They even prey on deer, alligators, and humans.
• They have interrupted the food chain which makes other species become endangered.
Why are they an invasive species?
• Park Rangers and other wildlife districts have bee trying to remove them by hand from the everglades and Florida.
• Not so many have been caught due to their high reproductively rate.
• But that is the only thing they have done.
• This is a female albino Burmese Python with her eggs.
What has been done
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