Research help Florida defeat the Burmese python to abuse

A study by the University of Florida analyzed the data to destroy python, determined the optimal search condition and the key position to enhance the quantity of elimination. The researchers proposed to target the rainy season, hunt at night and use the means running underwater Sci Tech Daily. They apply the statistical model to check how different caught conditions affect the destruction of pythons. They analyze factors such as day and temperature time to determine the impact on successful hunting. In addition, the research team also assessed whether the most frequent review areas matched whether the highest percentage of python destruction.

The detection of the researchers revealed many areas of few hunters but had an unusual number of pythons, proving the deployment of more hunters in the area could significantly increase the effectiveness of destruction. Data collected in the python exclusion program of South Florida Water Management Agency (SFWMD) from May 2020 to April 2022. The team of experts from Fort Lauderdale UF/IFAS Research and Education Center analyzed 4,092 times hunting from hunters, lasting a total of more than 16,000 hours.

Melissa Miller, an abuse eco -ecosyster in UF/IFAS and colleagues identifying two areas that can enhance the removal of pythons with more searches, which is the west of the Big Cypress National Reserve along the Tamiami Trail. Trail and rainwater treatment area in Palm Beach district. In addition, they also develop important recommendations to enhance the destruction of pythons. According to them, the most effective and successful catches fall in the rainy season from May to October and takes place from 8 pm to 2 am. The means of running underwater such as motorboat, canoe, kayaking and flying canoe help increase the efficiency of catching. Hunting at night gives better results during the day, except in extremely cold weather, when the day air temperature is lower than 10 degrees C.

“Burmese pythons disrupt the food network, change the relationship between hunting animals and hunt, reduce the number of indigenous species. By improving the destruction tactic, we are helping wild animals The country has the opportunity to adapt and exist, ”said Alex Romer, an ecologicalist at UF/IFAS, co -author of the study shared.