[hbharadwaj]

I understand the comment on poor fact checking but don't get why it is voted all the way to the top since it takes away the focus on the message to some extent.

This is a serious problem with no apparent solutions. Even Everglades apex predators, the alligators are unable to deal with the issue. A fight between a python and an alligator is fatal to both.

http://science.time.com/2012/01/31/invaders-how-burmese-pyth...

TLDR quote from the article: As per study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the increase of the python population from just a few to perhaps a few thousand has been connected to declines of several native mammals. According to the study, observations of raccoons have declined 93 percent, bobcats by 87 percent, and possums by 98.9 percent.