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Python patrols stalk Florida swamps to staunch marauding serpents

Florida snake catcher Tom Rahill handles a 10-foot Burmese python at the Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale. [AFP]

Along with the venomous lionfish, the Burmese python is perhaps the least welcome invasive species in Florida: lacking any natural predators, it has happily chomped its way through the state's wildlife.

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