Florida Bobcat Kills 13-Foot Python for the First Time on Record. It's a Sign of Nature 'Fighting Back' Against the Invasive Snakes

Florida Bobcat Kills 13-Foot Python for the First Time on Record. It's a Sign of Nature 'Fighting Back' Against the Invasive Snakes

Burmese pythons are wreaking havoc on the Everglades ecosystem, but some native animals have been known to prey on the enormous reptiles

A Bobcat (Probably) Decapitated a Giant Python in the Everglades. That's a Good Thing

A team of python trackers and removal experts in South Florida have found evidence of a bobcat decapitating and feeding on one of the giant, invasive snakes in a python-infested area near Naples. Judging from the other clues they found, they say it’s likely that the bobcat also killed the python, a 13-footer that weighed more than 50 pounds. This would be a promising development — proof that Florida’s native critters are, in some cases, adapting…

Bobcat Bit Head off 13-Foot Python—Here's Why That's a Win

When wildlife biologists came across a headless 13-foot Burmese python in the Florida wilderness, they wondered what could have preyed on an invasive animal that has no natural predators in the area. Turns out, a Florida-native predator—a bobcat—had bitten the head off the python, and scientists are thrilled. Bobcats are common predators in the Everglades, but traditionally, they don’t prey on Burmese pythons. In fact, nothing preys on Burmese p…