Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons in Florida.

Florida wildlife managers have unleashed a new high-tech weapon in their fight against invasive Burmese pythons: robot rabbits. The South Florida Water Management District and Uni ...

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 snakes.

The robots are simple toy rabbits, retrofitted to have a heat signature, a bunny smell diffuser and natural movement.