https://padlet.com/acontreras2022/665ofenl5tc0 African rock python invasive in Florida en-us 2018-11-06 13:54:48 UTC 2018-11-06 14:16:31 UTC hello@padlet.com acontreras2022 https://padlet.com/acontreras2022/665ofenl5tc0/wish/300971963 They live in grasslands and savanna near water and occasionally in forest edges in sub-Saharan Africa ]]> 2018-11-06 14:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/acontreras2022/665ofenl5tc0/wish/300971963 acontreras2022 https://padlet.com/acontreras2022/665ofenl5tc0/wish/300977012 In the Florida Everglades where the African rock python is an invasive species and posing a threat to indigenous wildlife it has no protected status and is one of the species listed on a hunting program recently authorized by state officials to eradicate non native reptiles the others being the Burmese python.]]> 2018-11-06 14:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/acontreras2022/665ofenl5tc0/wish/300977012 acontreras2022 https://padlet.com/acontreras2022/665ofenl5tc0/wish/300978512 Like all pythons the African rock python is non venomous and kills its prey by constriction After gripping the prey the snake coils around it tightening its coils every time the victim breathes out Death is thought to be caused by cardiac arrest rather than by asphyxiation or crushing]]> 2018-11-06 14:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/acontreras2022/665ofenl5tc0/wish/300978512 acontreras2022 https://padlet.com/acontreras2022/665ofenl5tc0/wish/300981182 http://eol.org/pages/1055462/details#Well-substantiated_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_rock_python]]> 2018-11-06 14:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/acontreras2022/665ofenl5tc0/wish/300981182