The population of Burmese Pythons in Florida has ballooned since 2020. Public Domain/National Park Service 2023-04-06T01:43:49Z ...

A professional python hunter, hired by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Enrique Galan catches a Burmese python in Everglades National Park, Florida on August 11, 2022.

The opossums population dropped 98.9% and bobcats 87.5%. Other animals like marsh rabbits, cottontail rabbits, and foxes "effectively disappeared," according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

US says it’s ‘likely impossible’ to eradicate invasive Burmese python population By . Greg Wehner, Fox News. Published March 20, 2023. Updated March 20, 2023, 9:33 p.m. ET.

The Burmese python population exploded in the mid-90s after being imported from South Asia as exotic pets. Burmese pythons are usually between six to nine feet but can grow over 15 feet long.