The central photo shows Mike Kimmel, the “Python Cowboy” lifting up the body of a large Burmese Python with one arm and cradling his liver-and-white hunting dog Helen Killer in his other. They are spotlighted in the middle of the Everglades by the photographer’s light. Words overlapping the photo say “Python Cowboy” in the upper right corner and “MY BLIND PYTHON DOG FINDS A PYTHON” at lower left. Image ©2024 by Mike Kimmel, via Gulf Coast ABC TV, Fort Myers, FL. Background photo of an Everglades island is from the “Paul’s Hiking Adventures” blog, © by Paul Morelli.

A #dog with a #disability? It hasn’t slowed #HelenKiller down one bit! She’s a #blind #python #hunting #Florida wonder. “Watching her lock onto a scent and find a #snake is just incredible," her human, #PythonCowboy Mike Kimmel, says.
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This design centers on a robot rabbit inside a cage, in place in the Florida Everglades where it can attract pythons. It looks like a brown toy bunny inside a framework of PVC pipes with a blue roof, wires and a motor below, surrounded by grasses. The words say, “RISE of the ROBOT RABBITS! Can they lure hungry pythons? Photo by South Florida Water Management District, via AP and WPTV Channel 5’s “Saving Paradise” series.

I recently posted about a #blind #dog who hunts #pythons. But #helenkiller isn’t the only weapon against the #invasive #snakes. Meet the #robot #rabbits! They act and smell like prey to lure hungry pythons.
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The central photo shows Mike Kimmel, the “Python Cowboy” lifting up the body of a large Burmese Python with one arm and cradling his liver-and-white hunting dog Helen Killer in his other. They are spotlighted in the middle of the Everglades by the photographer’s light. Words overlapping the photo say “Python Cowboy” in the upper right corner and “MY BLIND PYTHON DOG FINDS A PYTHON” at lower left. Image ©2024 by Mike Kimmel, via Gulf Coast ABC TV, Fort Myers, FL. Background photo of an Everglades island is from the “Paul’s Hiking Adventures” blog, © by Paul Morelli.

A #dog with a #disability? It hasn’t slowed #HelenKiller down one bit! She’s a #blind #python #hunting #Florida wonder. “Watching her lock onto a scent and find a #snake is just incredible," her human, #PythonCowboy Mike Kimmel, says.
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