Invasive Burmese pythons and Argentine tegu lizards spread 89 varieties of plant seeds in the Everglades. They do this by eating and digesting small herbivorous animals. Some of the seeds are invasive, but most are actually native, including threatened saw palmetto and royal palm.
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