EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK: The Army Corps of Engineers says
recent tests using thermal imaging to detect pythons are showing
promise. The non-native snakes are running amuck in the
Everglades - with a population estimated at over 100,000 in
south Florida. Experts say the python population may be moving
north, and the problem has recently drawn the attention of state
and federal legislators. In August, Florida Fish & Wildlife
authorized licensed hunters to kill pythons in the wild for the
first time, to cut down the population. But the snakes have been
difficult to find --- enter the Army Corps of Engineers. The
Corps gathered experts in Everglades National Park September
9-10 to try thermal imaging as a possible solution. Thermal
imaging devices detect heat from living things and make it
possible to "see" them, even when they're not visible to the
human eye. To conduct their test, the Corps enlisted the help of
"Max," a 10-foot Burmese python captured in the Everglades and
now owned by the park. He was turned