Florida has the most congenial weather in all of the united states, because of this, invasive species are a huge catastrophe in Florida. There are over 57 endangered species in the state of Florida, most of those endangered species live in south Florida (the Everglades). Florida spends approximately $100 million each year, trying to maintain the endangered species.
The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. The common Burmese python is tan in color with dark spots and blotches on the back and sides. They have a triangular-shaped head with a dark brown, pyramid wedge pointing towards the nose. The Burmese pythons are semi-aquatic and are found usually found near or in water. They’re also exceptional climbers and can be found in trees. The Burmese python is located in the Everglades, in south Florida, they also have been seen in Naples. They are thought that they’re moving northwest. Burmese pythons have been-been known to prey upon rabbits, large rodents, birds, and even alligators. The Burmese python can live for about 30 years in the wild. Handling these snakes are very dangerous, they say that you should never attempt to handle these yourself if needed to call a professional snake removal company.
Next is the American Crocodile, the American Crocodile is an endangered species
Their bodies are coated in beige/tan fur, except for the stomach and chest area. They have black markings that enhance the color and the tip of their tail, ears and around the snout area. The panthers are about 6 to 7 feet long and males are always bigger than females. Their average life is about 12 years in the wild. The Florida panther population was stretched out from Florida to Louisiana up and down the gulf coast states through Arkansas. Now today the only place where you can find the Florida Panther is in Florida. You can remove the Florida panther by professional help
Common Name: Burmese Python Scientific Name: Python Molurus Bivittatus I. Introduction One of the five largest species of snakes in the world is now finding a home in the Florida Everglades. The Burmese python has a dark colored eye-catching patterned skin and is known for its calm and relaxed temperament. Because of the attractiveness of their skin pattern and docile nature, it is one of the large snakes of choice among reptile owners. Unfortunately, these snakes can reach huge lengths and weigh upwards of 200lbs making them difficult to keep. As carnivores, Burmese pythons kept as pets need a diet of small rodents or rabbits.
Burmese pythons (Python molurus) are popular pets in the United States because of their attractive color pattern, reputed docility, and the allure, for some, of owning a giant snake. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, approximately 99,000 Burmese pythons were imported to the United States between 1996 and 2006, compared to only 17,000 between 1970 and 1995. The species is classified by the World Conservation Union as “near threatened” in its native range in Southeast Asia due to exportation for the pet trade and hunting for skins. Thousands of pythons are also captive bred each year in the U.S. for sale as pets. An inexperienced snake keeper who takes home a 20-inch hatchling is, within a year, responsible for a brawny eight-foot predator.
How are Burmese pythons get here? Many people believe that they were brought from other countries like Southeast Asia and were kept as pets when brought to the U.S. When the pythons became too big for the owner to handle they would release them into the wild. Not only that, but the pythons were also released from animal warehouses in Miami, Florida, when a devastating hurricane hit. Many of the shipments that are sent into Miami with wildlife are sent to such animal warehouses. 12,000 shipments of wildlife are sent to Miami every year. Including in the last four years alone 140,000 wild caught pythons were shipped to these wildlife facilities for studies. After the hurricane hit the warehouse, the pythons slithered their way to the Everglades where a variety of food could be obtained and where hiding places could ...
After the drainage, the Everglades began losing soil at approximately 1 inch per year. Now, however, it is only losing 0.56 inches per year. In the Everglades, there are a variety of different animals and species that seem to be able to thrive in the same habitat. The truth is that due to elevation differences, and therefore differences in the water level, the Everglades is really an area of interconnecting, but different habitats. One of the more important habitat areas is actually created by one of the Everglades most famous inhabitants – the alligator.
Within the state of Florida there are dozens of individualized, non-profit organizations making an effort to help the local wildlife. The local land and marine wildlife includes birds, geckos, frogs, snakes, panthers, manatees, sea turtles, fishes, sharks, corals, lizards and many, many more. Florida State is located on the Southeastern tip of the United States providing a unique opportunity for conservation of salt-water animals. While there are animal conservation efforts taking place all over the world, this essay will focus on two animal species that humans are specifically trying to save in Florida State. The two main animal species of focus are manatees and sea turtles.
The burmese python will eat anything that it can get it’s jaws around which causes many issues for the environment it lives in. According to the article “150,000 Burmese Pythons Threaten Everglades Ecosystem” some 150,000 Burmese pythons have invaded Florida's Everglades, and are threatening the local ecosystem and other wildlife (Iacurci). The pythons compete with other
(Sept. 23rd, 2011) Exotic Pets Turning Invasive, Threatening Florida. Tech Media. Retrieved March 10, 2014, from http://www.livescience.com/16204-florida-invasive-reptiles-amphibians.html. WYKC Channel 3 News (2014, February 14). Investigator: Exotic Animals Living in NE Ohio Neighbourhood [Video File].
There are several reasons why the Burmese Pythons are a major problem in Florida. Female Burmese Pythons reproduce rapidly and have as many as 100 babies a year, which quickly increases their population over time. Additionally, without any major predators in Florida, their numbers have grown over the last couple years. This massive population has allowed the Burmese Pythons to quickly and efficiently prey on
It hunted everything, and nothing hunted it besides humans.. The Florida panther is an endangered subspecies of cougar Puma concolor that lives in forests and swamps of southern Florida in the United States. This subspecies of cougar is sometimes referred to as cougar, mountain lion, puma, and catamount; but in the southeastern United States and particularly Florida, it is exclusively known as the panther, with respect to its distinction from different cougar subspecies found in other regions of the United States. Florida panthers are usually found in pinelands, hardwood hammocks, and mix swamp forests. One interesting fact that I found was that a Florida panther can’t roar at
If the snakehead becomes established in a body of water it can disrupt the ecosystems predator-prey balance. the have been two accounts of stable breeding populations of Snakehead in both Florida and California, where the climate is warm enough for the Snakeheads to thrive once they are there. Individual Snakeheads have been caught all over the United states, including states as Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Hawaii. The founding in Hawaii is especially troublesome, since Hawaii is already burdened with the plague of numerous other invasive species that threaten to eradicate the flora and fauna of the island. Australia is another warning example that tells us how severe the impact of just a few invasive species can be to an ecosystem in the case of the cane toad . It also a shows us how difficult it can be to eradicate, or even control, a species once it has established a breeding population. Even if the effects have not been as severe as on Hawaii or Australia, the United States mainland has in no way been blessed from problems invasive species throughout history. (Saylor et al 2012) The snakehead can instinctively move to a new body of water through waterway connections or across land once food becomes scarce which puts all waters at risk for invasion. There is always the potential of a new species to bring with it new diseases and parasites and the same is true for any species of snakehead. The snakehead puts all of our endangered species of amphibians, fishes and crustaceans at risk of extinction. There does not need to be a large population of snakeheads to become a problem, even just one snakehead poses a threat because of its voracious feeding behavior. There is also a threat to humans. they have been known to atta...
If you are a Floridian, (and even if you are not) when you think of the sunshine state, certain things or symbols come to your mind. It could be our warmer climate, the beaches, oranges or even an alligator. However, there is another animal, a gentle giant and an enduring ambassador to Florida waters. It is a sea cow or the manatee.
Red Pandas are very much like raccoons, they are very peaceful creatures too! These Pandas have distance markings and markings. They have reddish-brown fur on its upper body, which is used for camouflage. It has a white snout and ears, with white streaks on their face. Red Pandas look nothing like an ordinary panda, this Panda has similar characteristics to a raccoon. It has a covering of red fur like the raccoon. The Red Panda is very small, the body size can range from twenty to twenty-five inches. Also they can weigh up to 8-12 pounds. They have very interesting and unique features. The Red Panda like the Giant Panda has an extra thumb which is used to grip things. They also have extra long whiskers which is used to navigate their environment at night. The Red Panda doesn't live very long compared to a human. The average life span of a Red Panda is 8-12 years. This creature rests during the day and is alive during the night. They are nocturnal which means that they hunt during the night and sleep during the day.
The earliest inhabitants of the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo are most likely Pygmies, who lived in the north and northeast portions of the forest that occupied the land. Towards the end of the first millennium B.C., a small group of Bantu-speaking people entered from the northwest (from the areas that are now called Nigeria and Cameroon). They established their home in the savanna regions of the south, and they arrived with profound knowledge of iron technology and agriculture. Their skill with iron technology and agriculture helped propel them to migrate to other parts of the Congo and Africa. With their expansion also came the development of new, related languages. Beginning approximately A.D. 700, the Bantu-speaking people worked the Copper deposits of Southern Katanga, and then traded these minerals over wide areas. The Bantu had settled into most of the Congo by about 1000, which consequently reduced the area utilized by the Pygmies. By the early parts of the second millennium, the number of Bantu occupants in the Congo were rapidly increasing and beginning to merge into states. Some of these states had governing power over vast areas and were complemented with multifaceted administrative structures. A majority of these states were governed by monarchy, and even though they had considerable authority, it was moderated by a council consisting of high civil servants and elders. Some of the most notable of these states included the Kingdom of Kongo, the Lunda Kingdom of Mwata Yamo, the Kingdom of Luba, and the Lunda Kingdom of Mwata Kazemba. The Luba and Lunda Kingdoms were somewhat intertwined, and as a result, the Luba transmitted political ideas to the Lunda. Additionally, many small Luba-Lunda sta...
in this paragraph i'm going to tell you what to do if you get bit by a venomous reptile.First when you get bit from a venomous reptile you need to know how to cure it. first do not panic because most snake deaths from snake bites are not instantaneous, and go to the hospital immediately you don’t know how to cure it, you could die. Reptile Gardens (n.d.) says “Throughout the world, it is estimated there are a minimum of 1 to 2 million annual snakebite incidents (this number includes bites by non-venomous species). Of that number, roughly 50,000 to 100,000 bites result in fatalities worldwide.” you need to know how many snake bites there annually. States there are approximately 5,000 - 7,000 venomous snakebites every year. However, generally only 10 - 15 are fatal. In Australia, the country with the highest percentage of deadly snakes, just 3 to 4 people are killed by venomous snakes yearly. he next thing i’ll tell you about being aware of venomous snakes.
All ecosystems survive on the balance of species present in the area. When new animals are brought into an area they can have detrimental effects. A prevalent example of an invasive destructive species is the Burmese python. This beautiful snake got introduced into the Florida Everglades ecosystem because many people wanted to own the majestic snakes as pets, but this had detrimental effects in this delicate part of Florida. The Burmese python could survive very easily in the warm swampy area of the Everglades because this habitat reflects the python’s homeland of Southeast Asia. “Since the mid-1990s, park rangers have captured or killed sixty-eight pythons (Brown 714).” Even though this is an older statistic, it shows that the population of Burmese pythons in the Florida area has been a problem for some time. Most of the snakes in Everglades National Park got there because many owners were not warned of how large these snakes can get, up to 20 feet, and subsequently release the animals into the wild when they can no longer take care of them. The pythons have become a real problem for the natural ecosystem in the park. For example, the Burmese python competes with the native Eastern Indigo snake for food and habitat