Although venomous snakes are terrifying, even more terrifying than it are those who keep pythons as pets.
In 2012, in Florida, USA, a 5.4-meter-long Burmese python was found, and surprisingly there were 87 eggs in its body, this Burmese python set a new record for the longest python found in the region - 5.12 meters.
In general, Burmese pythons reproduce around early spring, and females give birth to an average of 12 to 36 eggs and incubate them (using the friction of the muscles of the body to provide heat energy). It is very rare for a python to have 87 eggs in its body.
After the discovery of the 5.4-metre python, environmentalists talked about it, and local residents were mixed about the ecological situation in the area.
Some people think that the appearance of giant pythons indicates that the ecological environment of the area is relatively good; It has also been suggested that pythons will pose a certain threat to the local ecological environment and some species.
Burmese pythons "ran" to the United States
The Burmese python, one of 9 species of giant pythons, is one of the largest snakes in the southeastern United States. As can be seen from the name, the Burmese python is not a native snake, but an alien species.
In the eighties and nineties of the twentieth century, some people in the United States were keen to keep pythons as pets, and driven by interests, merchants seized businesses and imported pythons in large quantities.
Of course, due to the lack of experience of the breeder, many pythons are fed into behemoths, and the owner cannot withstand such a large expense, so he will simply release them. These bred pythons were freed and fled to the swamps, where they multiplied in large numbers because they were not restrained by natural predators.
According to the U.S. Wildlife Service, about 1 million pythons have been imported into the United States in the past 30 years. Most of them are kept as pets and released.
Burmese pythons only have enough food. It can grow very big. Theoretically, they can grow up to 6 meters long. A python as large as this can casually eat any native animal of Florida in the wild, including the overlord crocodile in the swamp, and even the jaguar is a delicacy for pythons.
For example, in the Everglades National Park in southern Florida, people witnessed a vicious battle between a Burmese python and a crocodile:
A 3.1-meter-long Burmese python entangles the highest predator in the natives, the American crocodile, but the crocodile is not so vulnerable, using its sharp teeth to bite the python tightly, and constantly rolling on the ground to fight the python to the death.
But in the end, the American crocodile was defeated, suffocated and devoured by the Burmese python after being entangled in its huge body for several hours. Unfortunately, however, the crocodile is too large, the python eats too much, and eventually dies alive by the crocodile.
It can be seen that the Burmese python faces the swamp overlord, the American crocodile, without panic, and can also kill it. As soon as many people were released, the python became the new overlord of the swamp, and the American crocodile could only bow down.
In addition, the Burmese python has a very wide range of prey, and many animals are on the Burmese python's menu. As a result, after these pythons were introduced to the Florida Everglades, the number of animals included in their menu was drastically reduced, and the animals there would face bloodshed.
Monty pythons are still growing
In recent years, the Burmese python in Florida, USA, has been breaking records, starting from 5.4 meters, and then slowly discovering 7 meters and 8.2 meters.
In addition to the abundance of food and the absence of natural enemies, there is another important reason why the Burmese python can reach such a large size in Buddha.
For them, the larger they are, the easier it is to retain heat. This is also the reason why Burmese pythons are able to survive cold winters unharmed in such a humid environment as swamps.
Later, in the continuous discovery of Burmese pythons, the number of eggs found in its body also continued to break records. 84, 87, 94 to 121, so many pieces, all indicate that its physical condition is very healthy, and further indicate that Florida's ecological environment is ideal.
As early as more than 10 years ago, zoologists spoke: Burmese pythons attract attention in this way, perhaps in nature's meaning, we do not need to kill them, just keep them away from some areas.
And now it turns out that if left unchecked, Florida's ecosystem can be devastated.
We never know that the sudden arrival of a new species could bring unexpected diseases or threaten other species. Therefore, in order to protect the healthy operation of the domestic ecological chain, we must be vigilant against biological invasion.
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