FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A mysterious parasite from Asia is infecting snakes over most of Florida, and researchers believe it was likely brought here by invasive Burmese pythons. The first documentations of the 3-inch-long lungworm in Florida occurred about 10 years ago. Since then it has spread to 27 counties in-state, and just two weeks ago, biologists found it for the first time in Palm .
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A mysterious parasite from Asia, which likely traveled here by way of Burmese pythons, and sucks blood from snakes' lungs, is spreading over most of Florida.
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