How Pet Snakes Set off an Unlikely Chain of Events That Could Make You Sick

By LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA from NYT Climate http://ift.tt/2y0JHtj
via IFTTTOpossums, raccoons and deer all but disappeared from Everglades National Park in Florida after the Burmese python invaded. When they vanished, mosquitos turned to feeding on rats that can carry encephalitis. That could put humans at risk. October 7, 2017 at 01:00AM