http://clipmarks.com/clipper/CrazyRedHead/date/2008/5/12/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/CrazyRedHead/date/2008/5/12/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/1A84CB97-4DBB-4B3F-A640-5B2610A91F51/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/CrazyRedHead/">CrazyRedHead</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> "Once they hit the sugar cane fields [around Lake Okeechobee], it's definitely a lost cause," due to the large rat population there... "It's already a lost cause." <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355104,00.html" title="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355104,00.html">www.foxnews.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/CrazyRedHead/512/B4188A5C-BC39-4C01-A3F2-699AB0347F24.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P id="gallery_caption" class="caption">An American alligator and a Burmese python locked in a struggle to prevail in Everglades National Park.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG> As if killer bees and kudzu weren't enough, the southern United States may soon have another invasive species to contend with — giant Burmese pythons capable of swallowing deer and alligators whole.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Approximately 30,000 of the big snakes, which can reach 30 feet and 200 pounds, already live wild in Florida's Everglades, thanks to thick-headed pet owners who've released them into the swamps when they've grown too large to keep at home.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">the big beasts, which are not poisonous and rarely attack humans, could live happily in the entire southern third of the country</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">n 2004, wildlife researchers found a gory tableau in the Everglades — a 13-foot python had swallowed a six-foot alligator whole. Then the snake's abdomen burst open, killing it and leaving both animals forever conjoined in reptilian mutually assured destruction.</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/animals/" rel="tag">animals</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/snakes/" rel="tag">snakes</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/nature/" rel="tag">nature</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/environment/" rel="tag">environment</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/florida/" rel="tag">florida</a></div>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355104,00.htmlMon, 12 May 2008 21:19:14 GMT