Invasive Species Example. The Burmese Python.
Sometimes a door gets opened in nature that can never be closed again… And what escapes is catastrophic.
Since they’ve taken hold, there’s been a near total disappearance of small and medium-sized mammals across large areas of the Everglades. For these native animals, the apocalypse has come in the form of a giant snake’s endless appetite.
There’s an estimated 500,000 of them out there. They lay 20 to 40 eggs a year. The big ones over 100. So, do the math. It’s It’s not pretty. But here’s the thing, though. It takes a python 3 years to get to be 10 ft, and it takes 200 animals for it to get there
