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Hunt is over, but how far have Burmese pythons spread in Florida?

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By Ian A. Bartoszek
| Bradenton Herald Verified
Another Florida Python Challenge has gone and slithered by, with more than 700 hunters registered for this year's challenge. The invasive Burmese pythons have spread throughout the Florida Everglades over the last few decades. By removing hundreds of native species and repopulating at lightning speed, these pythons have dominated the region, prompting statewide hunts to control their population.
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Pythons don't eat plants so why are seeds showing up in their bellies?

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By Ian A. Bartoszek
| Bradenton Herald Verified
Burmese pythons may be the new slithering Johnny Appleseeds of the Everglades, eating the animals that eat plant seeds and pooing them out in larger swaths of fertile land for better and worse. A novel study looked for the first time at the impact invasive Burmese pythons and Argentine black and white tegus are having on how seeds from exotic and native plant species are dispersed - or not - after being digested possibly twice.
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Journal of Morphology | Animal Morphology Journal | Wiley Online Library

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By Rachel M. Keeffe, Brandon P. Hedrick, Cornell Ithaca USA, Ian A. Bartoszek
| Wiley Online Library Verified
Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Supporting Information Filename Description jmor70045-sup-0001-Figure_S1.tif19.6 MB Figure S1: An illustration of our histological findings, confirming the presence of specialized mucosal tissue in the cranial region of the P. bivittatus pouch.
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