Biologists removed 177 Burmese pythons weighing more than 8,000 pounds from just 200 square miles of Florida, but the bigger blow may have been stopping roughly 4,100 eggs from hatching into another generation of invasive predators

1.0ECOticias.comhttps://www.ecoticias.com/enAdrian Villellashttps://www.ecoticias.com/en/author/adrian-villellas/Biologists removed 177 Burmese pythons weighing more than 8,000 pounds from just 200 square miles of Florida, but the bigger blow may have been stopping roughly 4,100 eggs from hatching into another generation of invasive predatorsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="BHcDbFYalX"><a href="https://www.ecoticias.com/en/burmese-pythons-removed-florida-eggs/37069/">Biologists removed 177 Burmese pythons weighing more than 8,000 pounds from just 200 square miles of Florida, but the bigger blow may have been stopping roughly 4,100 eggs from hatching into another generation of invasive predators</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ecoticias.com/en/burmese-pythons-removed-florida-eggs/37069/embed/#?secret=BHcDbFYalX" width="600" height="338" title="“Biologists removed 177 Burmese pythons weighing more than 8,000 pounds from just 200 square miles of Florida, but the bigger blow may have been stopping roughly 4,100 eggs from hatching into another generation of invasive predators” — ECOticias.com" data-secret="BHcDbFYalX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/burmese-python-in-the-everglades-768x432.jpg600338