Question

How is the presence of Burmese pythons changing the Everglades?

Answer 1

Burmese python in the class of Reptilia belongs to the family of Pythonidae is one of the largest species of snakes, and it is native to a large area of Southeast Asia.

Complete answer:
The Burmese python is a dark-colored snake with many brown blotches bordered in black down the back, and they can grow to an unmanageable size.

This species is native to the tropics in South and Southeast Asia, and these pythons are one of the invasive species. They are an excellent swimmer and require a permanent source of water. They live in grasslands, marshes, swamps, etc., and are good climbers with a prehensile tail. They are generally nocturnal rainforest dwellers.
The swamps of the South Florida Everglades (swampy grassland) have been over-run by one of the most damaging invasive species of the region i.e. Burmese Python. These massive snakes can grow up to twenty feet long or more with telephone-pole-sized girths, and have all but destroyed the region's small and medium-sized mammal population and caused widespread destruction of the area's ecosystem. These pythons have a tremendous impact on the Everglades. These top predators are known to consume much of the natural wildlife, including birds, mammals, and also known to compete with American alligators.
These Burmese pythons prey on the wildlife, affecting population abundance, and also compete with other animals, and population numbers differing far from the normal and this showing a chain reaction. For example, the Burmese python consumes a lot of marsh rabbits and around seventy percent of these rabbits are consumed by the Burmese python. So, any other animal who depends on marsh rabbits will feel this impact, and this impact extends beyond animals too, plants that rabbits eat may be affected if their main seed disperser declines rapidly.

Note: Female pythons can lay fifty to hundred eggs per year and this creature has no natural predator in the region and their threats continue to increase, and so considered as invasive species because of their impacts on native wildlife.