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Conservancy of Southwest Florida gives update on python removal efforts in Southwest Florida

Posted at 10:37 AM, Apr 13, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-14 08:00:05-04

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. -- The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is highlighting the efforts to remove pythons from the area.

Wildlife biologists have removed over a dozen of the invasive Burmese python in Southwest Florida, including 3,000 python eggs.

If you see a python in the wild, you're urged to report it to Florida Fish & Wildlife by calling 888-IVE-GOT1 or on IveGot1.org.

MORE: Radio-tagged male pythons being used to track, capture breeding females

The conservancy says the information they collect is leading to the development of an effective management technique that combines both hunting and tracking tools.

Photos of the event here!

At a demonstration Thursday, biologist Ian Bartozsek performed a necropsy on an adult female python recently captured in the Everglades.  Inside they find 95 developing eggs: