There's a Catset/Python war going on in Florida right now

[Canada Goose]

Bobcat straight up bit the head off of a Python

Wildlife experts believe that predators native to the Everglades are beginning to fight back against the invasive species of snake.


A Florida bobcat has managed to take down a Burmese python in what wildlife biologists are calling a win for native Everglades predators.


Scientists are still investigating how and when local predators face off against the invasive snakes, but the finding hints that native species are learning to take advantage of the competition as a potential food source.

The snake's remains were found near the city of Naples in December 2022 by wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.


On that chilly December day, Bartoszek's team was tracking Loki, a 13 foot (4 meters) long, 52 pound (23.5 kilogram) scout snake. They expected to find Loki holed up with a female python. Instead, they found his freshly slain body, with the head and neck gnawed off and buried beneath pine needles nearby.


The team immediately started to look for clues as to what had killed the massive snake. The way Loki's neck had been chewed and his head buried suggested a large cat — either a bobcat or a Florida panther — as the culprit.

Burmese pythons have been known to eat bobcats

It felt like 'score one for the home team,' where our native animals are fighting back," he said. "That's a good sign."

Researchers are still collecting evidence and looking for trends in how predators like bobcats and bears might be turning the tables on pythons.


There's a bit of a pattern emerging that — and you'd expect as much — over time, the ecosystem is rebalancing itself. It's fighting back," Bartoszek said. "These native predators are recognizing Burmese pythons as a new food source and are able to take advantage of some of their vulnerabilities

Link to rest of the article: Florida bobcat bites the head off of 13-foot Burmese python in the Everglades

 

[Canada Goose]

Seems like all the animals species in Florida had a meeting like the Federation does on how to deal with these damn Pythons

 

[Da_Eggman]

Python set some worthless lazy ass bums

 

[Trips]

That article is hilarious. Expected to find him holed up with a lady python. Instead they found his freshly slained body

 

[jerzboy]

team bobcats…. Letsss goo

 

[Canada Goose]

A Bobcat killing a 13 foot snake is





Shaq for example is 7 Feet tall

 

[UpThruDere]

Gators have been snacking on them too

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

A Bobcat killing a 13 foot snake is





Shaq for example is 7 Feet tall

It’s long but it doesn’t stand tall it’s like if Shaq was lying on his belly

 

[Canada Goose]

Gators have been snacking on them too

Even Gators have been taking L's to them Pythons

 

[DaPresident]

Turnt that python into some boots and handbag

 

[The Guru]

Catset weeding out the disloyal

 

[Calibrated]

"There's a Catset/Python war going on in Florida right now.......Bobcat straight up bit the head off of a Python."

"There's a war goin' on outside no snake is safe from
You could crawl, but you can't hide forever
From these swamps that we done took
You slitherin' with your eyes closed, scared to look
You shook, ‘cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks"

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Florida bobcat has managed to take down a Burmese python in what wildlife biologists are calling a win for catset ya bytch

 

[RageKage]

Seems like all the animals species in Florida had a meeting like the Federation does on how to deal with these damn Pythons

Might as well add us humans to the group chat, we started the problem and still can't stop them

 

[RageKage]

A Bobcat killing a 13 foot snake is





Shaq for example is 7 Feet tall

Have seen jaguars kill them before but those are also apex predators, maybe we should release 10s of thousands of them in Florida