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Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits that look and smell like the real thing — at least from the perspective of a ...

The robots mimic the movements and body temperature of real rabbits, a favored prey of pythons. The project is funded by the South Florida Water Management District and builds upon previous research ...

Florida’s Everglades, a unique and fragile ecosystem, is facing a serious threat from invasive Burmese pythons. These non-native snakes have devastated wildlife populations of small mammals and birds.