Everglades swamped with invading pythons (Reuters)

29. May 2009, 8:41 UhrWeird NewsYahoo! News: Odd NewsComments Off

Skip Snow, left, and Theresa Walters, right, take a Burmese python out of its cage before showing it to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, not shown, in the Florida Everglades Thursday, May 28, 2009. The Burmese python is an invasive species is an invasive species in the Everglades. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Reuters - The population of Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades may have grown to as many as 150,000 as the non-native snakes make a home and breed in the fragile wetlands, officials said on Thursday.