yes, Biologist Skip Snow placed a micro tracking-device chip on a femalez in hopes they would find males for them to catch. He later found one of them wrapped around a clutch of eggs. and reportedly hatchlings have been found deep within the park.



last weekend here in Miami, the metrozoo and Florida fish and wildlife released a public service announcement ad in the newspaper (miami herald) aimed at kids to inform them about the dangers of letting loose exotic pets. in the ad, there was a picture of a wild caught and euthanized burm in which they dissected and found fertilized eggs inside



i honestly tried to find the above article online but there are just so many article about burms in the glades thats its just EXTREMELY difficult to find that exact one.



plus i know for sure people are still dropping off burms in the glades this past december i saw a 15 foot fresh roadkill about 2 mins east of Shark valley in the Everglades. when i examined it i noticed it had no scars or injuries or ticks other than the damage obviously caused by the vehicle that ran it over.

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