New threat to birds posed by invasive pythons in Florida

[News Bot]

Scientists have uncovered a new threat posed by invasive Burmese pythons in Florida and the Everglades: The snakes are not only eating the area's birds, but also the birds' eggs straight from the nest. The results of this research add a new challenge to the area's already heavily taxed native wildlife.

Published On: 06-Apr-12 01:48 PM
Source: ScienceDaily

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[Lizzy90]

Uhhh the amount of times iv read/heard of invasive snakes causing problems in America... They really need to get some regulations in or something. But then again I doubt that would help at all since the problems gotten so out of hand *sigh*

[K3nny]

Interesting. Sooo, does that mean certain snakes and pythons will go for eggs given the chance, or could this possibly be some sort of adaption developed over time?

[longqi]

lots of snakes will snack on eggs
and its a very good supplement to their diet

[Fuscus]

lots of snakes will snack on eggs

Agree. But supermarket eggs often don't smell right. Ones that have been incubated are much more readily taken