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Scientists are using possums fitted with GPS-tracking collars to take down pythons in Florida

For decades, the state of Florida has faced a python problem. Burmese pythons were introduced into the Everglades through the ...
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Florida Scientists Found an Unlikely Python-Tracking Trick After a Snake Ate an Opossum

Scientists in Florida are using an unexpected tool to fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums. Specifically, opossums wearing GPS collars. And the strategy doesn’t involve following ...

Florida finds an unexpected ally in the fight against pythons: opossums

Scientists in Florida have launched a new offensive against the Burmese python invasion, this time using opossums, one of the ...
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As pythons try to hide, they face a new enemy: Possums with GPS collars

Wildlife researchers studying mammals in Key Largo have discovered a potentially groundbreaking — if not heartbreaking — way to locate and kill invasive Burmese pythons, especially the big ones. A ...
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Florida uses GPS-collared opossums to track invasive pythons

Florida scientists are scaling up a novel python-tracking program that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The method, discovered accidentally in 2022, ...
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Raccoons and possums with tracking devices used to locate invasive pythons in Florida

Scientists discovered a way to lure invasive Burmese pythons that have upset Florida’s ecosystem, including the Everglades. According to a 2023 report by Southern Illinois University, in September ...