Florida's Everglades National Park has been in the news lately,
with images of a large python consuming a whole dee to tangling
with alligators. It is believed there is a population of over
100,000 pythons taking over the Everglades. However they are not
the only non-native species that is threatening the Everglades,
but they receive the most attention. The population is just an
estimate, since they have been able to infiltrate every area
inside the park. One method to try to help rid or at least
reduce the python population was tagging and releasing the
python, hoping that it would help rangers track the python back
to a bigger snake nest during mating season. A python can lay 50
to 100 eggs after mating. Even with the park rangers' best
efforts they do not believe eradication will ever be a
possibility. After a decade, they have killed 2,000 pythons, and
believe it to be only a small dent. When they get a python they
destroy it and do a necropsy to check the stomach contents and
to check its health. Every n