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Following the conclusion of its annual Python Hunting Challenge, which allows hunters to kill thousands of the invasive ...
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Robot rabbits the latest tool in Florida battle to control invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades
The water district and University of Florida researchers deployed 120 robot rabbits this summer as an experiment.
Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park ...
Burmese pythons are not native to Florida’s wetlands. Their population surged in the 1990s after the exotic pet trade and a reptile facility collapse during Hurricane Andrew.
They look, move and smell like rabbits a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the invasive snakes out of their hiding spots.
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