Pythons may indeed be wiping out Everglades native wildlife

Adam Khor · 2012-04-12 16:03:03

Scary... I did remember the Guam incident, in which brown snakes exterminated several species of bird. The Everglades may be next. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/01/30/since-pythons-invaded-florida%E2%80%99s-mammal-populations-have-crashed/

12-04-2012 04:03PM

#1

Adam Khor

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2011

Posts: 3885

Scary... I did remember the Guam incident, in which brown snakes exterminated several species of bird. The Everglades may be next.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/01/30/since-pythons-invaded-florida%E2%80%99s-mammal-populations-have-crashed/

0

Comments

#2 13-04-2012 02:16AM

Birdnuts

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,056 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2009

Posts: 9799

The introduction of non-native species is now just behind over-harvesting and habitat destruction in the leading causes of extinction world-wide. Florida is now home to a whole menagarie of non-native wildlife including many species of exotic parrots, tortosis etc.

0