Burmese Python Quiz

They are originally from Southeast Asia regions

The United States, specifically in South Florida

They were imported into the US for pet trade

They are invasive because they established their own wild populations in Florida after escaping their owners or being intentionally released by them

They prey on a variety of Florida's wildlife, diminish biodiversity and the ecosystem's balance, and threaten competing animals

They prey on animals ranging from alligators, deer, rabbits, bobcats, and even endangered species such as the Key Largo wood rat

Professional removal services can retrieve the pythons and bring them to invasive species exhibits to restrict their population growth without harm

They're camouflage coloring makes detection challenging because they blend in

Removal services can utilize dogs and thermal energy remote sensing to detect the pythons without harming them

Areas such as South Florida can maintain biodiversity and ecological balance without any harm done to the Burmese Python species