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Essay On Pythons Are Changing The Everglades

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There is a terrible monster roaming the Everglades. This creature is capable of eating anything in its path. There are many ways, how is the presence of Burmese Pythons are changing the Everglades.These snakes have caused many problems. Although many solutions have been tried, nothing so far has worked. To begin with, Pythons are really dangerous animals. They are very dangerous by the way they eat They are killing our ecosystem by killing all the animals that live in the Everglades. In Source 1 it says, “They are native to the grassy marshes of Southeast Asia, and are among the largest snakes in the world, capable of growing to an astounding length of 23 feet and a weight of up to 200 pounds.” They have really good eyes and …show more content…

The Pythons are causing a huge problem for the ecosystem. In Source 7 it says, “Hiding in a house under clothes. Cats are disappearing from snakes. They can also eat a person whole. Their are really bad pet owners instead of having dogs, cats, birds, and more pets they are having pythons as pets. They are exotic species and it is making the pet stores get more money by selling them to pet owners. They are really hard to kill you have to cut off their head to kill them. In Source 1n it says, “To kill their prey, they first gapse it with their black- curving teeth.” People don’t know how many snakes there are in the Everglades so that is making it harder to catch. I think they need to get Indians to go hunt in the Everglades to catch them they should hunt in the dark and in the day. They are also reproduction and that is making the problem even worse to catch them. I think if the pythons eat all the food in the Everglades they will become a huge threat to Florida. They will move out and go in to people's yards, pools, houses, and other places. People are going out in the everglades not knowing what to …show more content…

If they want to get them out, they should call the Python patrol. In source 6 it says, “The Python patrol solution 98 percent of the small mammals are gone from Everglades 100 percent rabbits and foxes are gone. They need to destroy their head to be able to kill them. They have not been able to catch them but control them.” Another solution the state of Florida has tried is using Indians to help catch all the Pythons that are killing our ecosystem. In Source 5 it says, “The skills of snake catchers, passed from generation of Irula tribe, are crucial for the production of antivenom in India which has the world’s highest number of deaths from snake bites.” Another solution that was tried, was the Python Challenge it might help them catch more Python’s. In source 3 it says, “Get all of this and more by joining the 2013 Python Challenge. Tired of the cold weather blues? Aching for warmth and adventure both at the same time? Eager to earn some cash”. Many of these hunters have no clue what they are doing and don’t even know how to catch Python’s they should just get out of the way and let the Indians take care of them.They should get more people to help out and not give up until they catch all of them. They should also hunt in the dark they would be so much easier to catch. When they get let go into the wild they can’t catch them and when there are even more they can’t see or catch them. The pet markets

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