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Photograph Credit: David Behrens
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Ecology

Unwelcome Visitors: The Everglades Python Incursion

Posted May 2nd, 2011 by Cendan Luis

In February of 2004, several tourists visiting the Pa-hay-okee Overlook in Florida’s Everglades National Park were expecting the chance to observe the ecosystem’s beautiful variety of wildlife. What they encountered was a strange and unusual battle between two giant reptiles. A Burmese python and American alligator were locked in a struggle with each other, a [...]

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Constrictor snakes, such as this green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), are very powerful animals and are commonly feared by people. snakespictures.net
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Herpetology

Mighty Constrictor of the Amazon: The Green Anaconda

Posted March 26th, 2011 by Cendan Luis

The tales are well known. Stories of giant serpents capable of crushing a man’s bones with their coils and devouring him whole have been passed down for many generations. The creatures most commonly specified in these stories are the massive green anacondas (Eunectes murinus) of South America. Though the stories are commonly exaggerated, one look [...]

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