When the World’s Longest Snake Becomes an Invasive Species
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Reticulated pythons are the world’s longest snakes, formidable predators, and occasionally predators of humans. Drawing on Headland and Greene’s remarkable 2011 *PNAS* study of Agta hunter-gatherers, this article explores human–python ecology, the pet trade, extreme body size, and what it means now that reticulated pythons are established and reproducing in Puerto Rico.