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How pythons and other invasive species may have spread farther in Florida due to hurricanes

A Burmese python is handled by FWC snake specialist McKayla Spencer on June 3, 2021, in the Florida Everglades during the start of the Python Challenge. (South Florida Sun Sentinel file photo.)
Joe Cavaretta / South Florida Sun Sentinel
A Burmese python is handled by FWC snake specialist McKayla Spencer on June 3, 2021, in the Florida Everglades during the start of the Python Challenge. (South Florida Sun Sentinel file photo.)
Sun Sentinel reporter and editor Bill Kearney.
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Burmese pythons, Cuban tree frogs and hundreds of additional species faced the potential to spread into new territories because of hurricanes Helene and Milton, according to a new analysis and maps by the U.S. Geological Survey.

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