Pet owners begin to abandon their Burmese pythons in the Everglades when they become too large for home care. Native species of frogs and reptiles decrease with the introduction of the snakes. What does this scenario represent?

1. A loss of biodiversity due to an invasive species
2. A loss of biodiversity due to a catastrophic event
3. A loss in biodiversity due to mutualism
4.A loss of biodiversity due to a commensalism

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Pet owners begin to abandon their Burmese pythons in the Everglades when they become too large for home care. Native species of frogs and reptiles decrease with the introduction of the snakes. What does this scenario represent?

1. A loss of biodiversity due to an invasive species
		2. A loss of biodiversity due to a catastrophic event
		3. A loss in biodiversity due to mutualism
		4.A loss of biodiversity due to a commensalism

blues · Answer

Well, plainly pythons aren't endemic to south Florida so they are considered an invasive species. And plainly, loss of native species on which they prey is considered loss of biodiversity.

The answer is 2.

trancenova · Answer

Hey blues, think you wrote the wrong number, loss due to invasive species is 1, which is the answer as you said.

anonymous · Answer

so the is 1 right?

anonymous · Answer

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