New breed of giant pythons also harming bird and coyote populations – and threaten already-rare rival predatory species, such as Florida panthers – with extinction
Guy Adams
The Independent
February 1, 2012
If you go down to the Florida Everglades today, you’re in for a big surprise: in the past 12 years, 90 per cent of the wild mammals which once roamed freely through the National Park have gone.
Snakes are to blame, say scientists. [...]




