Florida researchers are combating invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades by fitting opossums with GPS collars, turning predator-prey encounters into tracking opportunities. The method, discovered ...
Opossums use a remarkable survival tactic known as thanatosis, entering a state that mimics death when faced with extreme danger. The transcript shows how their bodies go limp, their breathing slows, ...
Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.
Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades-and it's working.
The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...
Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, ...