How Far North Will Florida's Pythons Spread? | Invasive Biogeography

The most invasive species on earth are Homosapien sapiens.

Always remember - the situation is of your OWN making !... You imported them into your country, then decided it's the SNAKES fault for escaping, and doing what they would do naturally. Shame on ALL of you for making out that it's the species fault for a few furry pets being eaten. YOU did this to yourselves !

Such a great videos

Ooh yeah, just blame the python. Cause they all decided to jump on a plane to visit Florida and decided it was so nice to stay. Once again, this is Man's fault. They brought them here just like all the other reptiles and/or living breathing creatures they had to just bring to the states cause they thought they were beautiful or unique. We can't just leave beautiful creatures lay where they are meant to be. Figure out a better way. Why should a python be killed cause Man once again screwed up.

These things should have NEVER BEEN allowed to be pets it was a STUPID DECISION

Adaptive learning of any species is a slow process

Unlikey to go further than Orlando winter freezes would kill them!!!

Story time. When I was 8, I watched a documentary about the burmese python invasion and was sacred that they would reach Massachusetts. Later in 4th grade I wrote an essay about it and apparently my 4th grade teacher could not sleep at night after reading it.

There’s no way they make it to Maryland or Tennessee.

They are not going to spread north AT ALL.

I live in texas and have been here since1980 . I work outdoors. Have been on guard for the Texas anaconda since the day I got here. I just know that its out there.

This video was 2 years ago, so needs to be updated for the Winter of 2025. Like with the myth of alligator or crocs in sewers, it is suggested that these snakes became hard to manage so they were deposed of to the swamps and bayous of the south. To acquire these animals was unwise/stupid in the first place.

I realize this video is dated and a good while ago; however: This the deep cold snaps in Florida this winter of 2025, I wonder how many invasive species are dying off. These snakes in particular are tropical and as such cannot handle freezing cold. And the further north they migrate the colder it is. Therefore, are they dying off this winter?

hard to follow, stick to one thing. tell us where the pythons will stop, without having to learn every animals plight. back and fourth. India, us and ? I keep jumping forward. but no answer. short and sweet would work.

The cold snaps are also why we don’t have very many Chinese windmill palms in Tennessee. Dwarf palmettos are native as far north as parts of the Tennessee and Virginia borders, but they’re a native species. Chinese windmill palms struggle to deal with the Zone 7 winters that dominate most of both states (except Virginia Beach and Chattanooga) as much as even the Deep South’s needle palm and Brazoria palmetto, and Chinese windmill palms are only about as cold-hardy as the cabbage palmetto.

Here, kitty kitty. Oops! You're not a kitty are you?

Climate change use to be called global warming but that proved false so the name was changed.

Around 35 years ago, I saw a python in the wild in central Alabama. It was the largest snake I have ever seen irl. I'm not saying they migrated up though. It could have been a pet that got too large and was let go or it escaped.

These aren’t “Floridas” problem, this is dumb pet owners.

Just tell Trump to deport the snakes.

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I am thinking that as long as they have a place to go underground in the winter, they can go as far north as they can slither. My intuition tells me that anywhere alligators live year-round, so will they. Hypothetically, the same could be said of any larger North American snake species, such as the Eastern Diamondback, Western Diamondback and the Timber Rattlesnake. That means their range could end up being quite widespread eventually. They may struggle to ever cross the desert in Northern Mexico, after they go as far west in Texas as the rivers can carry them. The real question is, can they find enough to eat to stay hydrated and adapt to the cold desert nights to ever cross west Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and get to California. It sounds like a tall order, but in time, as they become accustomed to the climate, it seems possible.

The pythons are now eating the alligators

If I saw one of those in my yard it would be carried out in pieces.

Climate change 🤣 I thought this was going to be about science 😊. Had my attention till that came up

pythons don't like the cold. Or firearms

the pythons could easily get removed with traps but the floridians dont want to crying all the time about that snake plague is profitable

Anytime there is flooding I am concerned about pythons being carried down stream to here in Louisiana..

DuhSantis; Republican of Florida is to BLAME> this all is happening under his high heeled watch.

can someone develop a recipe for python meat?

How well will they adapt to sheltering in cooler weather? In storm sewers, gopher tortoise burrows, crawlspaces? The snakes in central Florida do very well. We don't see so many during the cooler months, but they are still here.

Living in a place where the record low is 18 degrees must be heaven

Oh wonderful. Yet another invasion of undesirable immigrants

Probably up to the Snow Line. Snakes are cold blooded

You compared Louisiana to a whore...you did your research. Quick question, what do they taste like? Because it is possible they won't make it into the bible belt.

They're in LA.

By the time that Trump and Musk are done with slashing research and science budgets, there won't be anymore research done, so good luck America.
We are going to have to rely on all of the South Florida python hunters to keep the species at bay.

Mightas well start calling them the American python. There here to stay and will turn into a sub species eventually.

I live near The latitudes of New York City and we have many more oranges than ORLANDO despite being much farther north.. thats because we do not get the Orlando cold snaps.. I doubt Pythons will get much farther North

they get to the bama line the good ole boys will be making boots, cowboy hats and frying up tidbits, we know how to take care of business

As far as the warming weather will continue

Are they good to EAT... Python Steaks, Jerky, Dog Chews, Boots, Belts, Purses, and more

They would never leave Florida because it has no state income tax. Tennessee doesn't either but is way too far north. lol

Burmese pythons make great pets. BUT they do get big after a few years. After they get about 10 feet long, you can tell that the pet situation morphs into a dangerous one. While regular feedings keep them fairly docile, trusting a large snake is a absolute no-no.
They strike at anything and will swallow anything it can subdue. Plus, their strenghth is quite alarming.

Canada will probably be too cold for them.

How did you do the survey of pythons? They don't have any hands to fill out the forms?

Why are pythons being allowed to spread if they are a non-native invasive species? Someone needs to be made accountable.

Burmese pythons. the question is find out how high up on the mountains in Burma the snakes will go. that directly correlates to their temperature preferences. we might be safe high up on the mountains in Georgia in the winter time.

Lord, I pray they make it Baltimore.

Unlike the fire ants, the cold ( below 60 degrees for extended periods [ winters ]) freezing weather for more than 1 week is a death sentence for all tropical and subtropical species. That is one of the whys that would kill them