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    some animals to go extinct. Other reasons include tricking residents to adopt them with their gaudy skin patterns and changing the ecosystems. But is there any solution to these sagas of problems? To begin with, Burmese Pythons are roaming the Florida Everglades and causing some animals to already go extinct. If this goes on, it will seriously affect the food chain or even go after humans. According to Burmese Python: Not the Ideal Pet ,”To kill their prey, they first grasp it with their…

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    know what to do with them. In addition, more and more people have decided to release these snakes in the wild, which has become a problem. In the Florida Everglades this is an issue due to tens of thousands of snakes that are trying to survive. However, this is negatively affecting the ecosystem. Burmese pythons have altered the ecosystem of the Florida Everglades. To start off, the Burmese python is native to grassy marshes in the Southeast of Asia. Also, it is a very large constrictor…

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    Burmese population. The National Everglades Park has joined forces with The University of Florida. The United States National Park Service (USNPS), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as, South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) have joined forces. The partnership will evolve around the Burmese increasing growth population and how to control it. The Python Science…

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    Broward, she supported drainage, believing that if the land was used for agriculture, it would add wealth to the state. However, her view would change over time. In time she would come to “[believe] that the Everglades embodied commercial promise for South Florida’s future.” Even after her view changed, she wasn’t against all attempts to change the Everglades. She supported the construction of a highway through the Everglades. While many like Douglas supported conservation, they also supported…

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    Davione Lopez Keeping the everglades alive is important. Plenty of animals are in endangered and becoming extinct. Florida everglades is one of the best and biggest swamp to see in north America. The Florida everglades is important because its an endangered environment. The reasons why the everglades and swamps are important is because too much Pythons are taking over the swamps, the animals are getting extinct, and the wetlands help the humans. The snakes in the…

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    Invasion Tracked in Florida A study by the U.S. Geological Survey (www.usgs.gov) has Florida wildlife officials worried about a Burmese python invasion in the Everglades National Park (www.nps.gov/ever). Now, since the pythons first made travel into the area in 1979, they have found the perfect breeding and feeding grounds and their numbers have grown to at least 300,000 snakes. It’s thought that the Burmese python invasion actually began to get its grip onto the area in 1992 when the area was…

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    pythons living in the Everglades (Ng 1). But why are there so many there? People from Asia are bringing pythons to Florida as pets, but when they get too big, people let the pythons go into the wild, which is mostly why there are so many pythons in the Everglades (Piven 1). With this many pythons living in the Everglades, it is certain that these Burmese pythons are changing the area. The presence of Burmese pythons is changing the Everglades by affecting the ecosystem and local animals, and by…

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    Burmese pythons—an invasive species in south Florida—could find comfortable climatic conditions in roughly a third of the United States according to new "climate maps" developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although other factors such as type of food available and suitable shelter also play a role, Burmese pythons and other giant constrictor snakes have shown themselves to be highly adaptable to new environments. The just-released USGS maps can help natural resource agencies manage and…

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    This snake is destroying your home and you don’t even know it and it’s right there. The Burmese Python, this python is over throwing the Everglades of Florida. This snake could kill you hometown. The Burmese Python is changing the people in Florida. People in Florida near the everglades are being a little too risky they are going out to the everglades and killing the python’s, the text states “To address the problem, the state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission is sponsoring ts first-ever python…

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    How do you think the presence of Burmese pythons are affecting the Everglades? This passage will help you better understand this question. It is about what they are doing in Florida and how they are affecting it. Burmese pythons is a really dangerous creature to mess with. The Burmese pythons are also invasive in Florida and they get extremely big. According to the newspaper article, "Native to the grassy marshes of Southeast Asia, it is among the largest snakes in the world, capable of growing…

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