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Biologists Train Dog to Hunt Everglades Python Biologists are training a beagle dubbed Python Pete to catch Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park before they eat native wildlife. The snakes are the progeny of pets dumped there by their owners.
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Biologists are training a beagle dubbed Python Pete to catch Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park before they eat native wildlife. The snakes are the progeny of pets dumped there by their owners.