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 ...

Furry robots that look, move, and smell like real rabbits are being used to lure and capture invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida. The snakes are being blamed for a massive decrease in small ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Robotic rabbits are being used to battle invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades. It may sound ...

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

Pythons are not native to Florida, but have become established in the swampy, subtropical Everglades by escaping from homes or by people releasing them when they become overgrown pets. A female python ...

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

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

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 are simple toy rabbits, but retrofitted to emit heat, a smell and to make natural movements to appear like any other ...