Python Patrol Targets Big Snakes
The Python Patrol in the Florida Keys reads meters with one eye and look for snakes with the other. A team of utility workers, wildlife officials, park rangers and police officers are trying to keep Burmese pythons from gaining a foothold in the Florida Keys. Officials say the pythons, which can grow to 20 feet long and eat large animals whole, are being ditched by pet owners in the Florida Everglades, threatening the region’s endangered species and its ecosystem. They have their fingers crossed that the snakes haven’t come this far yet, but if they do, the patrol feels they are prepared. Burmese Pythons are rarely seen in the middle Florida Keys, and the Nature Conservancy wants to keep it that way. Burmese Pythons make wonderful pets IF they are properly cared for.
