Rabbit season? Duck season? In Florida, it’s time to hunt pythons
March 2nd, 2010 |
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Florida has set March 8 through April 17 as a special python-hunting season in an attempt to control several species of invasive reptiles, which are wreaking havoc on the south Florida ecosystem. Species to be targeted include Indian and Burmese pythons (Python molurus and P.m. bivittatus ), African rock pythons (P. sebae ), green anacondas [...]
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Endangered Indian python targets equally endangered Chinese deer
In China’s Datian Nature Reserve, an endangered subspecies of Eld’s deer (Cervus eldi hainanus) and an equally endangered subspecies of Indian python (Python melurus Schlegel) are supposed to live in symbiotic harmony. It seems that’s no longer the case, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Under normal conditions, the pythons eat rodents and other animals [...]
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