Burmese Pythons. At 200 pounds and 23 feet, curl around their prey and squeeze it to death. The animal 5 times its size is know annihilated inside the vicious monsters mouth. There are thousands of these snake in Florida's most well know landmark, the Everglades. The presence of the Burmese pythons are changing the Everglades. They are annihilating local animals, affecting people, and changing the ecosystem. People don’t understand the gravity of the situation.
To begin, Burmese pythons are killing the local animals. The Everglades is full of life! To millions of animals , it is their home. Prior to when Burmese pythons were released into the Everglades, many animals thrived. Text 2, paragraph 1, says, “With no natural predators, these eating machines appear to be wiping out huge numbers of opossums, raccoons, and bobcats, as well as many bird species.” This infamous species is also eating …show more content…
The food chain needs to be balanced. The small animals eat the bacteria and bugs, the medium sized animals eat the small animals, and the large animals eat the medium sized animals. Everything is balanced. This eating machine eats every little thing on this list. The python could eat off a species. When one species goes, the whole chain gets messed up. This abrupt change could kill an animal above it causing the small animals to overpopulate, causing them to eat more bugs. Once all the bugs are gone, the small animals die. This one change of the python could destroy the whole entire ecosystem. In source 4, paragraph 4, it states, “We must do a better job of educating people about the effects their careless actions have on ecosystems here in Florida and around the world.” Idiots are roaming the Everglades, messing with animals’ homes. These people are walking through the Everglades and breaking plants and leaving trash. The whole ecosystem corrupts. The Burmese pythons are destroying the Everglades