Researchers are locating pythons in Key Largo by strapping GPS collars onto opossums and raccoons.
apiece, then caught opossums and raccoons
Researchers programmed an alert to sound when the collars stop moving for more than four hours, Cove said.Months passed without an alert until one sounded in mid-September. Because the snake had gone underground, for weeks they couldn’t locate it. But on Nov. 1, Cove said, a technician spotted it.Once discovered, four people struggled to pull the 12-foot-long female python out of the ground by her tail. After researchers euthanized her, Cove said, an X-ray revealed the collar in her stomach.
Researchers received another buzz on their radios in January. This time, a raccoon had been eaten, Cove said. Four people fought again for hours on Jan. 30 to control a 77-pound femaleLast week, however, the researchers confronted an obstacle. Their radios buzzed, and they tracked down the GPS collar. It was sitting among a python’s feces, researchers said, likely because the snake had swallowed and digested the collar.
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