A 13-foot Burmese python is headed to the Florida Everglades, except this one's every move will now be tracked. To better understand the presence of pythons in the Everglades, scientists at Davidson College in North Carolina inserted a tracking device inside the animal. Everglades Park research technicians will follow the snake's movement and study how the reptile adapts to its new environment.

Pythons, elusive creatures which are difficult to find and capture, are rapidly becoming the new predators of the swamp. Just last year, a 13-foot python was found with a six-foot alligator halfway down its body. So far, scientists have implanted tracking devices inside four Burmese pythons, and will study the animals for at least a year.

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