EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD SCIENCE
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
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Question
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the number of small mammals, like mice, are decreasing
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the number of white-tailed deer is increasing
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pythons can grow to be 18 feet long
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. According to the article, what effect do pythons have on the Everglades? They are causing the populations of other large animals to increase. They are only causing the populations of small lizards and mice to increase.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Non-native Burmese pythons are the likely cause of a staggering mammal decline in Florida’s Everglades. In PNAS journal, scientists report that observations of some mammal species have declined by more than 99%.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Impact of Burmese Pythons on Florida The Burmese pythons in Florida have devastated the mammal population in the Florida Everglades. A 90% reduction in the numbers of bobcats, foxes, raccoons, and other animals that once thrived in the area has been witnessed.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.