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Burmese Pythons: Overpopulating The Everglades

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Burmese pythons are starting to over populate the Everglades. These pythons are changing the Everglades. What the Burmese pythons are also doing is overthrowing the animals. The Burmese pythons are starting to be more common than other animals. The people aren’t really big fans of the pythons either. The Burmese pythons are causing problems for the Everglades. Burmese pythons are overpopulating the Everglades. In the text it states,”Tens of thousands of Burmese pythons are estimated to be living in the Everglades.” This show that it is overpopulating because that’s just estimated, also the pythons keep having babies which make the situation even worse. When The pythons get to big for owners to keep in their house they let them go into the everglades. Pythons also keep eating other animals, which is making them more common than other animals. Animals aren't as common as a burmese python. Burmese pythons are overthrowing other animals. In the newspaper article it states,"With no natural predators, these eating machines appear to be wiping out huge numbers of opossums, raccoons, and bobcats, as well as many bird species." This proves that animals aren’t as common or that they are being overthrown, because the pythons have no natural predators, so nothing …show more content…

Some people think it’s a good idea to just let their python go into the everglades. In the text it states,” yes, the alarming growth of Burmese pythons in the Everglades is a big problem. And, yes, if we want to preserve the ecosystem of the Everglades, we have to address it."This shows that people think this is a problem, and don’t like the burmese pythons, otherwise if they liked the pythons than they wouldn’t think this is a problem. If the people liked the pythons they wouldn’t want to address the issue. Humans still try to help this issue. What they do is they kill pythons for prizes, and try to kill the biggest one, or just the most

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