The Burmese python is one of the five largest snakes in the world. They originate from Southeast Asia. In the 1980’s the Burmese python was introduced to the Everglades in Florida as a freed pet. “Often, people purchase these animals when they are babies, and small enough to be housed in a 10-gallon terrarium. But within a few years, these snakes will be devouring rats like popcorn, and weighing as much (or more) than their owners.” (Cornett) These days these pet snakes are frequently released when
Ecology Essay: Burmese Python I believe that the Burmese Python are very important for many ecosystems. This reptile unfortunately is causing all kinds of damage to ecosystems in the United States, because he doesn’t belong here. He originally lives in southern China but he somehow got to america and is eating everything it can swallow. If this keeps happening then the Burmese Python will eventually be the cause of some species extinction. Because this reptile doesn’t belong here he is called
park that has a lot of plants and animals. It has 25 kinds of orchids, 1000 other kinds of seed - bearing plants and 120 species of trees. In the Everglades National Park, there are over 36 threatened or endangered animal species that reside there, such are American alligators and crocodiles, the Florida panther, the West Indian manatee and the Cape Sable. There are 300 species of birds, seven of which are endangered. There are three kinds of animals that destroy the
Invasive species can cause a multitude of problems ranging from disrupting an ecosystem to spending money trying to reverse the damage the animal caused. An animal that has been allegedly causing havoc in Florida is Python bivittatus, more commonly known as Burmese python. I will be more focused on the controversy that deals with if they are having a negative impact on the state of Florida. Due to the Burmese python being relatively new to Florida there isn’t a large repertoire of articles that deal
Some plants and animals are invasive species belonging to Plantae and Animalia respectively. The invasive species can affect both the organisms that belong to its kingdom and those that do not belong to its kingdom. The invasive animal species are broadly divided into vertebrates and invertebrates. The invertebrates include insects and other invertebrates whereas the vertebrate invasive species include the brown tree snake, wild boar, European Sterling and Burmese Python. The specific examples of