During the 2023 Florida Python Challenge, 209 invasive pythons were caught, although officials warn it's unlikely they'll ever be eradicated.
"We're just seeing them show up in counties further and further to the north," Bartoszek told the outlet.
In fact, when a snake was tagged with a radio transmitter, researchers found that it could travel up to one mile each day; since the 1990s, these pythons have spread over 100 miles from the southernmost area of the state. It's not clear whether Burmese pythons are spreading due to people releasing their pets into the wild or if wild populations are migrating, Insider reported. It's also unclear how far north they've made it, but current research notes that they have at least arrived at Lake Okeechobee, which is near West Palm Beach on the eastern coast of Florida.
However, models predict that they won't stop there—and Burmese pythons could make it all the way to the Pacific Northwest, infiltrating Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. This would take decades, but canals and deep-water levees"could act as a bit of a python highway,", PhD, a scientist who specializes in invasive species research, told Insider. In addition, pythons that survived a cold spell in Florida in 2010 may have adapted to surviving colder temperatures in the north.
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