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Invasive Burmese pythons may have met their match – opossums

Wildlife researchers have found an unconventional way to help control invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades – by using one of the snakes’ favorite prey.

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Florida finds an unexpected ally in the fight against pythons: opossums

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Where are Burmese pythons in Florida? They're moving north

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To Target Pythons, Florida Researchers Are GPS-Tracking Possums and Waiting Until They Get Eaten

As Burmese pythons continue to eat their way through the South Florida food web, wildlife biologists and researchers have come up with all sorts of ways to track down the giant snakes and slow their s...

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Why Florida Scientists Are Putting GPS Collars on Opossums to Track Giant Burmese Pythons

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Opossums vs. Pythons: Inside Florida’s Unusual Strategy for Fighting Invasive Snakes

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Opossums vs. Pythons: Inside Florida's Unusual Strategy for Fighting Invasive Snakes

Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades-and it's working.

Florida Scientists Found an Unlikely Python-Tracking Trick After a Snake Ate an Opossum

Scientists found a shocking way to track Florida’s invasive pythons: let the snakes swallow GPS-collared opossums.

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Possums vs. pythons: How Florida’s only marsupial became a weapon against invasive snakes

Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, a snake that has decimated ecosystems in Florida.

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More pythons are being seen near neighborhoods. Is suburbia their next conquest?

FORT LAUDERDALE — It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up, he was blinded at first by headlights, but then ...