They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. It's the ...

Pythons are not native to Florida, but have become established by escaping from homes or by people releasing them when they become overgrown pets.

Burmese pythons are not native to Florida’s wetlands. Their population surged in the 1990s after the exotic pet trade and a reptile facility collapse during Hurricane Andrew.

“The rabbits didn’t fare well,” said Robert McCleery, a UF professor of wildlife ecology and conservation who's leading the robot bunny study that ... s hunters and is involved in other python removal ...

Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons in Florida.