They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the snakes.

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

The water district and University of Florida researchers deployed 120 robot rabbits this summer as an experiment.

Pythons are not native to Florida, but have become established by escaping from homes or by people releasing them when they become overgrown pets.

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat ...

The South Florida Water Management District and the University of Florida are deploying robot rabbits to combat the invasive Burmese python population in the Everglades. These solar-powered decoys ...

The Burmese python, a non native species to Florida, was first recorded in the Sunshine State in the 1990s. Its exact population size is unclear.

Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons in Florida.