Burmese pythons are invading Florida.
Today a group of scientists at the Conservanc.
Pet pythons that escaped or were released by their owners started breeding in the wild, and these enormous predators began eating every animal in their path.
No one knew the snakes had launched a full-scale invasion.
These enormous snakes are native to Southeast Asia, so when one showed up dead along the side of a Florida highway in 1979, scientists wondered where it came from.
Burmese pythons are invading Florida