Still, scientists no longer consider complete eradication realistic.
Not all pythons belong to one homogeneous group. Modern classification of snakes places the family Pythonidae under numerous genera determined by phylogenetic lineage, physical features, genetic data ...
The US Geological Survey (USGS) is full of extremely adventurous scientists. They walk around on volcanoes, hunt down giant mud slides, and — who knew? — wrestle with pythons in the Florida Everglades ...