In battle against Burmese pythons, Florida officials turn to raccoons

In battle against Burmese pythons, Florida officials turn to raccoons

Florida may have found an unlikely ally in its battle against Burmese pythons: raccoons. Researchers in South Florida discovered that tracking devices attached to raccoons and opossums could lead them straight to invasive snakes that had eaten the animals, opening a new path for locating the hard-to-find predators. The finding adds a surprising tool to a long-running effort to protect the state's fragile ecosystems from a species that has devast…