John 'J.D.' Willson

Virginia Tech University

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Researcher in wildlife ecology at Virginia Tech University and co-author of Invasive Pythons in the United States: Ecology of an Introduced Predator

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Rabbits, raccoons, opossums and bobcats are almost things of the past in the Florida Everglades, where Burmese pythons are fighting with alligators to dominate the food chain.

Burmese Pythons Eating Up the Everglades

Rabbits, raccoons, opossums and bobcats are almost things of the past in the Florida Everglades, where Burmese pythons are fighting with alligators to dominate the food chain.

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