Florida Bobcats Have Been Seen Feasting On Burmese Python Eggs
The findings were documented in the Everglades National Park, where bobcats are native. Burmese pythons, however, arrived in the Everglades unnaturally and are considered an “invasive” species, having been set loose from breeding facilities in the 1980s and 1990s. Since living within the Everglades, the snakes have caused a 90 percent decline in native mammal populations. Scientists are concerned they will take prey away from other native predators. Photos captured by camera traps set up by the USGS in June 2021 are the first-ever documentation of a native Everglades animal preying on the eggs and facing the serpent head-on....