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Independent: If you go down to the Florida Everglades today, you're in for a big surprise: in the past 12 years, 90 per cent of the wild mammals which once roamed freely through the National Park have gone.
Snakes are to blame, say scientists. Big ones. Specifically: an exponentially-growing population of Giant Burmese Pythons, which can grow up to 16 feet long and have a huge appetite.
The creatures were first discovered in the park in 2000. They got there after being released into the wild by overwhelmed......
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Pythons are squeezing the life out of the Everglades, scientists warn
Posted by Independent: Guy Adams on February 1st, 2012
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