Burmese pythons prove elusive prey in Florida challenge
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 01:30
in Biology & Nature
Even a professional in the business of wild-animal removal comes up short in the Everglades, where the pythons are threatening the ecosystem.BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, Fla. — Strapped to Billy Bullard's hip was a machete he'd bought at a yard sale. In his fist were 4-foot-long metal snake tongs. Attached to the tongs was a high-resolution waterproof camera he called a "snake-cam."