Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildlife officials in the Florida Everglades are flipping the script on predator versus prey with robotic rabbits. Watch this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by the South Florida Water Management District shows a robotic rabbit in the Florida Everglades. (Photo credit ...

Florida has deployed a new weapon in the Everglades’ ongoing crusade against the invasive and prolifically deadly Burmese python: an army of robot rabbits. Stanberry claimed $10,000, FWC’s top prize ...

Scattered throughout the python hot spots among the cypress and sawgrass of South Florida is the state’s newest weapon in its arsenal to battle the invasive serpent —a mechanical lure meant to entice ...

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 giant invasive snakes out of their ...

Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park South Florida Water Management District via AP; AP Photo/Lynne Sladky ...

Scattered in python hot spots among the cypress and sawgrass of South Florida is the state’s newest weapon in its arsenal to battle the invasive serpent, a mechanical lure meant to entice the apex ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...