West Palm Beach, Pha. But these robot bunnies aimed at attract major sacrifices invading their hiding places.
It is the latest attempt in the South Florida District water management to complete as many pythons as possible in the Everglades, where they determine traditional types with their Appetites. At Everglades National Park, officials say snakes have taken 95% of small mammals and thousands of birds.
“Self-elimination is easier. Finded. “They are well concealed in the garden.”
The water district and the University of Florida investigating investors submit 120 rabbits in this summer as a test. Earlier there was an effort to use live rabbits as the snake hung but that was very expensive and time-consuming, said Kirkland.
Simple robots are toy rabbits, but restored to the heat, the aroma and making natural movements seem like any other common river. “They look like a real rabbit,” says Kirkand. They are placed in small pens that the video camera submits signal when Python is near.
“Then I can send one of our our our contractors to get out and remove Python,” Kirkland said.
The total cost of robot rabbit is approximately $ 4,000, which are funded by the waterproof, added.
Pythons are not a florida born, but developed in the flow zones, which live in the lowest areas of the cities or people who release them when they become pets. Women’s Python can sleep in the eggs between 50 to 100 eggs at a time of pregnancy 60-90, according to the Florida Fish and the conservation of the wildlife.
It is not easy to find direct limitations in the number of Pynthons in Florida. US Geological Survey recently reported the ballapark “Tens of thousands of thousands, and the other estimate is being conducted by about 300,000 snakes. They have fewer elements, even though there are occasional conflict with alligators, as well as other mammals, such as bobcats and coheses, will eat their eggs.
Since 2000, more than 23,000 snakes have been removed from the wild, the wild animal commission. The robot rabbits tried to deal with between 10 to 5 meters) in length when it grows full.
“Every coastal Python was removed makes a difference in Florida’s environment and its predators,” said Ron Bergonon, a member of the Water Regional Board.
Pythons are killed by human year in private lands and countries owned by the Wildlife Commission hear nationwide country.
Each year the commission is in charge of “Florida Python Challenge” Carriage Multiple Pythons Called Pythons, the longest serpent and so on. This year, 934 people from 30 districts participated in July, kidnapped 294 pythons for a maximum award for $ 10,000 from 60 participants.
It is very early to decide how to win the Robote Rabbit project, but officials say the first result is the cause of hope.
“This part of the project is in its childhood,” said Kirkand. However, we hope this will work if we are given enough time to get more information. “
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Anderson was reported in St. Petersburg, Florida.
