Opossums vs. Pythons: Inside Florida's Unusual Strategy for Fighting Invasive Snakes

Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades-and it's working.

Florida scientists found an unlikely python-tracking trick after a snake ate an opossum

Scientists found a shocking way to track Florida's invasive pythons: let the snakes swallow GPS-collared opossums.

How king cobra, pythons and other venomous snakes get their scientific names: The shocking process behind hidden naming rules

The naming of snakes is not something random or whimsical that happens spontaneously when they are found in the field. On the contrary, there is a well-defined process through which this naming procedure is done.
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WATCH | Snakes alive! Fisher’s 2.5m python is catch of the day in ocean

A Durban fisher made an unexpected slippery catch of the day: a 2.5m-long python. Dwayne Boshoff said shortly after the sail past on the first day of the Durban Ski Boat Club Festival on Friday, he and his dad came across the python floating 2km out at sea.
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Snake Handler Catches Python Squeezing into a Pet Bird's Cage Moments Before It's Too Late

The bird and carpet python were 'literally touching noses' when a professional arrived to remove the snake, per Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers A professional snake catcher intercepted a close call, removing a coastal carpet python that he found inches away ...