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Photo-documented sequences from 01 Jun 2021-30 Aug 2021 showing novel interactions between intraguild predators in southern Florida, USA, bobcat and Burmese python Entire photo-documented sequence from 01 June 2021–09 September 2021, including novel interactions between intraguild predators in southern Florida – the native bobcat (Lynx rufus) and the invasive Burmese python (Python bivittatus). A bobcat depredated an unguarded Burmese python nest and subsequently the python exhibited nest defense behavior following the return of both animals to the nest. First, a bobcat discovers an unguarded nest then proceeds to depredate, cache, and uncover the eggs over several days. The bobcat returns to find the female python back on the nest and later proceeds to swipe at the snake. After biologists attempted to the nest but leave the camera, the bobcat returns to scavenge discarded,... Categories: Data; Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, Burmese python, Everglades, Everglades National Park, Greater Everglades Ecosystem, All tags... Lynx rufus, Python bivittatus, South Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, bobcat, intraguild predation, nest predation, reptile-mammal interaction, southern Florida, Fewer tags