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  • Report: 5 foreign snake species threaten US

    10/16/2009 4:18:02 PM PDT · by george76 · 14 replies · 1,151+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Oct 16, 2009 | TAMARA LUSH
    Watch out, animals of South Florida: It's a wild world out there. There are five species of foreign snakes just waiting to eat you. More troublingly, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released Tuesday, nonnative snakes like the Burmese python could slither their way north from the warm, humid conditions of South Florida. The big snakes threaten native species and ecosystems because they mature and reproduce quickly, travel long distances and can eat almost anything in fur, feathers or scales, experts say. The 302-page report could be a step toward a ban on importing constrictor-like snakes into the U.S.,...