September 26, 2013
In this photo taken from a video on June 8, 20011 and made available by the USDA Wildlife Services shows a python curled up in a test trap at their research facility in Gainesville, Fla. The trap patented by the USDA will test if pythons can be lured into traps. Pythons are invasive species that researchers believe are decimating populations of native mammals, especially in the Florida Everglades. (AP Photo/USDA Wildlife Services, HO)
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Friday, September 27th, 2013 7:00 a.m.
Federal wildlife officials alarmed by an infestation of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades have tried radio tracking devices, a massive public hunt and even snake-sniffing dogs to control the invasive species. Now there's talk of snaring the elusive pythons in specially designed traps.