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Day 57 Hurricane Andrew Lead to a Python Invasion in Florida.

Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 hurricane, hit Southern Florida on August 23, 1992.
Its fierce winds reached 150 miles per hour and demolished many buildings,
including a breeding facility for Burmese pythons, and many of them escaped. As a
result, today the Everglades are overrun with the giant snakes. Female pythons can
lay up to 100 eggs a year, and reproduce rapidly. To help control the burgeoning
python population, Florida residents are authorized to catch and kill them by
almost any means necessary, with no permit required, especially on private lands.

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