‘Robo-Bunnies’ Are the Newest Weapon in the Fight Against Invasive Burmese Pythons in Florida

Smithsonian Magazine ^ | 21 July 2025 | Sarah Kuta

[MachIV]

If all you are going to fight a Burmese python with is a garden hoe I’m putting my money on the python!

[tumblindice]

The Rabbit of Caerbannog, often referred to in popular culture as the Killer Rabbit.

[dfwgator]

[dfwgator]

I warned you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you knew it all, didn’t you? Oh, it’s just a harmless little bunny, isn’t it? Well, it’s always the same. I always tell them—

[Z28.310]

Great to have realistic and life-like lure, but every fisherman will tell you ya gotta have a hook in it.

Hook bunny up with live cell camera.
Spray with bunny scent.
If video confirmed as eaten by a python, trigger it to deploy telescopic 8” barbed rods on three axis.

[Organic Panic]

Put a bounty on them and host cooking contests. The Filipinos will clear them out fast.

[Lurker]

My python boots are too tight.

L

[fso301]

We have open season on them, and a bounty system.

My understanding is the Florida open season does not include Federal lands such as Everglades.

[nevadapatriot]

>Even worse, the robo-rabbits might demand hazardous duty pay, disability and death benefits.

In other words they might unionize. Figures they would do that

[Hyman Roth]

Or mutant sea bass

[dfwgator]

Are they ill-tempered?

[Bonemaker]

If those government idiots allowed shotguns I might help otherwise get lost.

[RCFlyer]

“My python boots are too tight.”

Love it!

[Bonemaker]

“Otherwise, “humanely killed” is often used.”

Squeeze them to death under a front loader.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

LOL. I also noticed their choice of words for killing snakes. Sounds as if they were going to give them a shot of permanent sleep juice and not just whack off their heads or shooting them.

[Charles Martel]

My python boots are too tight.

A common complaint, I'm sure.

For the people who need some sort of compression socks, though - could be just the ticket.

[NautiNurse]

A front loader in the Everglades. Interesting concept, challenging in practice.

[skepsel]

Berserker Bunnies, tip o’the hat to Fred Saberhagen, lol.

[Bonemaker]

Alright then, a Bobcat!😀

[larrytown]

But keep the bounties small enough that people don’t start breeding them to cash in.