Burmese pythons are taking over the Everglades, eating everything in sight. Hey, that’s fine by us. If the animals want to kill each other off, who are we to get in their way? These things have been documented eating everything from alligators to deer.
But could they come for us, next?
At the rate they’re going, the pythons are going to run out of food, and then they’re going to start traveling to find dinner. Some scientists say that they could come north. Yes, they are reptiles, and they can’t handle colder winters, but one professor who has been studying the serpents says they might just evolve. He brought some pythons to South Carolina that eventually died when winter came, but he said these things lasted longer than expected, and they may be able to adapt to colder climates. That’s right, pythons could recreate part of Sherman’s March to the Sea.