Everglades Python Hunt Nets Only 68

another thing I was wondering (due to Steve's post earlier), how do they estimate the 100,000 figure for the number of pythons wild in the Everglades?? What is it based upon?
 
Chlidonias said:
another thing I was wondering (due to Steve's post earlier), how do they estimate the 100,000 figure for the number of pythons wild in the Everglades?? What is it based upon?
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I think it's based on the number of observed pythons and an estimation of their reproductive capacity. Whenever the authorities quote an estimate they acknowledge that no one has any idea how many pythons there actually are.
 
Looks like I missed some action on this thread.... :D

Anyway, the article said that they have no natural predators, which doesn't seem accurate. The majority of babies and juveniles would get picked off by gators, birds, and any other meat-eating animal - well, so I think anyway, unless they discriminate and only eat native.
 
Steve Robinson said:
100,000 pythons, 1600 hunters and only 68 caught in a month?

I would be interested to hear what conclusions you all draw from those figures.
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I think that the hunt was organized as much for the publicity to draw attention to the problem of the pythons and invasive species in general as it was for python eradication.

This article fills in some details on why the pythons are hard to find. A researcher is putting some radio trackers on some males to try and find out more about where they go and to lead them to females that can be eradicated.

Python hunt is over, but 3 get tagged, released back into wild - latimes.com
 
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