ECOLOGY
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
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Question
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The pythons could upset the territorial boundaries of native organisms.
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The pythons could adapt to overcome diseases common to native snakes.
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The pythons could prey on native organisms and cause native populations to decline.
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The pythons could begin to interbreed with native snakes and produce a more successful species.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pythons compete with native wildlife for food, which includes mammals, birds, and other reptiles. Severe mammal declines in Everglades National Park have been linked to Burmese pythons.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Florida Everglades have been dealing with the growing threat of invasive species like Burmese pythons for some time now. The pythons are taking over the land and ultimately killing so many of the native species. This growing problem is of major concern for the preservation efforts of the historic wetlands.
Detailed explanation-3: -Since the invasion of these snakes in 2000, there has been a large decline in many animal populations across the Everglades. Burmese pythons have the ability to eat prey much larger than itself through unhinging its jaw, and therefore there is no animal safe from this predator in the Everglades.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although the pythons’ threat to people is low, previous studies have shown that this invasive snake species is having a negative effect on many of the native mammals in the South Florida Everglades.