Invasive Burmese Pythons In Florida May Have Finally Met Their Match: GPS-Tracked Opossums

Opossums are becoming Florida’s secret weapon against giant invasive pythons—thanks to GPS collars and a wild discovery.

Raccoons and possums with tracking devices used to locate invasive pythons in Florida

Researchers in Florida are capturing invasive Burmese pythons by using tracking devices placed on raccoons and possums.

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.

Biologists Are Using Florida Opossums as Low-Tech Trackers to Hunt the State's Invasive Burmese Pythons

The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Pythons Tracked Across Florida by Eaten Possums With GPS Collars

Wildlife researchers studying mammals in Key Largo have discovered a potentially groundbreaking — if not heartbreaking — way to locate and kill invasive Burmese pythons, especially the big ones. A ...
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Florida Python Trackers Remove Two Giant Mating Balls in Record Day of Snake Hunting

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wildlife biologist next to a breeding ball; holding up a Burmese python. (Photographs courtesy Ian Bartoszek / Conservancy of ...
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As pythons try to hide, they face a new enemy: Possums with GPS collars

Wildlife researchers studying mammals in Key Largo have discovered a potentially groundbreaking — if not heartbreaking — way to locate and kill invasive Burmese pythons, especially the big ones. A ...
PBS

Tracking a Burmese Python with Biologists in Florida

Biologists work tirelessly to radio track Burmese Pythons deep in Florida's marshland. Brought to Florida as pets, many Burmese pythons have found a perfect home in the Everglades, and they’re ...
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Key Largo’s ‘Spy’ Opossums Lead Hunters To Giant Pythons

In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking ...