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Burmese pythons, an invasive snake species, have spread across the Everglades and are killing local wildlife. We followed licensed python hunters in Florida who are risking their lives to capture the giant snakes.
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[@mikejb2009a]

There are people that don't understand the pest control business. The guy that does Mouse Trap Mondays has gotten bad comments because people don't understand that an invasive species is not part of the local ecosystem. These pythons are an invasive species. It's unnatural for them to be in Florida. There are a lot of bleeding hearts out there that won't understand what needs to be done until they see their pet cat or pet dog halfway swallowed by one of these pythons. Keep up the good work. I've worked in the food business for 45 years and I prefer live capture traps as opposed to poison only because a poisoned rat or mouse might be eaten by a skunk or a cat. While I don't like skunks they are a natural part of the neighborhood where I worked. The cats are usually house cats that are bored and want hunt the mice and rats for enjoyment.

[@markogaudiosi5243]

If you are not native american, you are also an invasive species.

[@awaspthatswatchingyou4559]

Shaun woods, good mouse trap youtubet

[@federicozanolli]

Your point is true but i just want to add that domestic and feral cats also don't belong outside and are one of the worst invasive species there are. Keep your cats inside and neuter them to avoid wiping out all native wildlife around your area.

[@mikejb2009a]

@@federicozanolli I agree 100% cats should be kept inside. 60% for the cats own good and the rest because cats like to kill things just for the fun of it. There is another video on KZbin where an eagle has sunk its claws into a cat and is trying to carry it away and the cat grabs onto a wooden fence with its back claws and the eagle who's already trying to take a cat that is a little bit too heavy for it is struggling. I felt very sorry for the cat and another KZbinr commented that when a cat kills a bird it's just for fun but when a bird kills a cat it's absolutely necessary meaning the eagle probably as a nest of babies that needs to feed. I hate to see someone lose their pet but if the cat had been kept inside it would have been a lot safer. 99% of cats get unlimited food some of them even get so fat that it's unhealthy they don't need to kill wild animals that will put their health at risk as well as any other animal that follows the cat to eat what the cat hasn't. If a skunk walks by a half eaten mouse it will finish it. But because the mouse or the cat having some sort of disease the skunk will also get it.

[@elbarto4069]

Funny of you to say that because cats are the worst invasive species there is but people dont care because they rae cats and so cute

[@fokthewef]

It's tough as an animal lover to think that this is what needs to be done to protect the indigenous species. But it's got to be done.

[@Swnsasy]

Same.. I've loved snakes since the 7th grade and every school report back then in the 80's was about snakes. I'm a Floridian and even though it hurts, I have to agree..

[@F1REPROOFED]

Agreed, I have a big snake collection and it is tough to see but it has to be done. I think more blame should be put on these owners than the snakes. Not enough people do research and don’t realize what they’re getting into.

[@austin4220]

What should have really happened were actual restrictions on the exotic pet trade which most likely kills more animals than the ones irresponsible owners let free

[@PineappleOnPizza69]

@@JKHTX You mean the Whites invading the Native American population?

[@princecasanova]

@@JKHTX Yeah and you freely typing here is the product of it.

[@uelld.8371]

It's really sad knowing that these invasive species are causing threat to the other native species but somehow they are considered as vulnerable to extinction back at their own origin home.

[@yves78]

There are more tigers in private captivity in TX than the whole rest of the world.

[@justinblin]

In the wise words of Patrick Star, “take it and push it somewhere else”

[@thor.halsli]

'vulnerable' is not that bad of a classification. You don't even need to take steps to preserve it at that classification

[@osirusj275]

maybe coz the original place is not that condusive for hyper growth so thats why they are less populated and hence become vulnerable

[@WasLostButNowAmFound]

Burmese Python is not on the endangered species list. Stop talking out of your butt. Yours Sincerely, someone from South East Asia (home to the burmese python).

[@angel_core2057]

As vegetarian you’d think I’d pissed but after hearing their reasoning immense respect for these people trying to preserve an entire ecosystem

[@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush]

Most people are pissed for no reason than but a lack of knowledge. 😂💁🏾‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️

[@NikkieRoxxx]

Veggie too here. Also agreeing

[@elslick]

Mad respect for these ladies for not just letting the animals go to waste the fact she is trying to use all avalible parts of the animals she has to out down shows her true character.

[@nickwells20]

It's a business.

[@jeffbeck9347]

The meat?

[@gonzaloreyes9633]

​@@jeffbeck9347tacos

[@mrtrik71]

They were alive and now that they are dead there not going to waste .

[@DialogDontArgue]

Mad respect to these ladies

[@declup]

There's a well-known example of the Law of Unintended Consquences: According to Wikipedia, "the British government, concerned about the number of venomous cobra snakes in Delhi, offered a bounty for every dead cobra. This was a successful strategy as large numbers of snakes were killed for the reward. Eventually, enterprising people began breeding cobras for the income. When the government became aware of this, they scrapped the reward program, causing the cobra breeders to set the now-worthless snakes free. As a result, the wild cobra population further increased. The apparent solution for the problem made the situation even worse, becoming known as the Cobra effect." Is there an analogous Python Effect?

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

For now it would be unprofitable, it takes a lot of resources to grow a big one... but maybe, in a couple of years?

[@justinmiller1118]

I think they designed the program with that in mind. So hopefully not.

[@Phlegethon]

This isn’t India

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

Urban legend, the time and effort to get a limited amount of cobras! Plus there would have been many more people just hunting them!

[@poohbear9795]

The same thing happened with porn actors in the 70s and 80s, now every little b_tch with two legs has a porn video online.

[@steelwitness]

Knowing that PETA doesnt like the Python Challenge makes me want to go participate

[@LocoJunius]

The lady at 9:00 was absolutely great with the snake and capturing it. It also showed her knowledge and her professional standards are at such a high standard compared to others.

[@majorronaldmandell7835]

I live on the US island of Guam, where we are swamped by millions of invasive Brown Tree Snakes. They are not poisonous, but they have denuded the island of native bird life. It is estimated that there are 1,000 of these snakes for every human here. The US government has some snake traps up here and there, but they are not even making a dent on the population. I wish that we had some professional snake hunters here!

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

You have to find some kind of "use" for them -- leather, fish chum, chicken food, fertilizer, etc. And allow everybody and anybody to hunt them. From what I've heard, they've made their way to Hawaii, too.

[@xyeB]

Invasive? Why is their status is listen as near threatened then? Are you sure they’re not just saying: we have millions of snakes here!! Guam would’ve have been littered with snakes then,but it isn’t. 1000 snakes on one human as you say (which is false) again Guam would’ve been littered.

[@xyeB]

@misstry don’t generalise I would never kill an animal unless it’s an insect

[@MeCantSpell]

Come on Major! You got this!

[@majorronaldmandell7835]

@@MeCantSpell : Well actually I feel that they could bring the population way do by simply putting a $50. bounty on every head. What kid wouldn’t to earn $200. a day in his spare time?

[@grantasilom5844]

In their natural habitat, pythons have lots of predators before they reach a certain size. Their young don't survive that much because even eagles hunt them. For burmese pythons, Its pretty uncommon for them to grow above 16 ft.

[@zarach9459]

I am from Venezuela, specifically from the Anzoategui state. Over the years I have found many of these snakes which are known generically as deer swallows. I have never found specimens longer than 60 centimeters, but a little further south is the Orinoco river in whose banks are specimens of 2 and 3 meters.

[@stephenedwards5038]

Remember, Florida IS NOT the snakes' natural habitat. In Florida it has no natural enemies ecologically geared for consuming the snakes. The snakes simply outbreed their enemies... That's how they can get so big more quickly than in their native environs...

[@grantasilom5844]

@Stephen Edwards you're right, none of Florida's wildlife would prey on those snakes, even the bald eagle won't prey on them. I think only alligators can eat snakes but they're opportunistic, when there's a lot of fish why bother the snakes.

[@jamessparkman6604]

@@grantasilom5844 I bet if you taught some alligators and crocodiles to like baby python, it would be a lot easier to eradicate these snakes, so the pythons will keep trying to breed but it won’t do me any good and if you fed more eggs to bobcats python eggs, that is combining that factor with humans hunting adults it would be a lot easier to eliminate both adults and babies

[@jamessparkman6604]

@@grantasilom5844 because it’s a learned behavior that’s why

[@chaitalinaik5212]

Great example of how she emphasizes on the fact that the snake leather is helping the evergreens and not for fashion

[@MikelosM]

Well, I'm not sure how much buying snake skin is "helping the Everglades". She's merely double-dipping: already getting paid a stipend by the government for each python she catches to take them out of circulation, and is also getting paid for the material from each catch in the private sector. Something tells me she's not donating all her profits...

[@diehardfan56]

Something I noticed about pretty much all of these invasive species out there, from feral pigs, to Burmese pythons, and even lionfish out in the oceans surrounding the Florida keys... It's all our fault for being uninformed, stupid, or straight up maliciously negligent that these guys get out in the first place! Reaping what we sow...

[@wirelessone2986]

Snakes were from pet owners that should have not set them free,I don't want to reap this because creepy people don't want a pet anymore they never should have owned

[@DunkanDoughnuts]

​@wirelessone2986 they escaped during a hurricane, not intentionally released. Its in the video. 😊

[@gerdahepburn1905]

Do people eat the meat of feral pigs 🤭

[@brybryguy6314]

I'm a reptile keeper and a python keeper as well. I love these animals but I also understand they do not belong here in the wild. I support this beacuse I support preserving our ecosystems

[@Daniel28567]

👍👍

[@xzqzq]

When a single female can lay 100+ eggs, catching the snakes one at a time would seem a losing proposition.

[@carlyoungblood7084]

Yes, you are absolutely correct. But there are multiple people out there every day. Hopefully, they can control at the minimum, but slowly reduce at best.

[@waynejohnson1786]

Yea at this point it’s more about controlling the population and not eradicating them completely

[@robpolaris5002]

It’s better than doing nothing, but they aren’t going to stop them from destroying wildlife at that rate.

[@lordlurk7968]

eventually an equilibrium will be reached, and is honestly the best situation that can be achieved realistically, that is why they are doing this. There's really no other way to remove an entire species like this without extremely drastic measures or stupidly introducing it's own natural predator that will just repeat the cycle.

[@charlesjones5451]

12 Guage shotgun to the rescue!!!

[@IAMMEEP]

Got to appreciate the respect they have for the animals

[@junanougues]

Yeah and if they care so much why aren't they really defending the environment, not from pythons but from concerted attacks by the usual suspects and perpetrators of always. A state with a D'Santis Governor is itself a declaration of enmity for everything that lives in nature. Where do you hear their voices of real defense for the Everglades and Florida? And it's not respect for animals but respect for wildlife that drives things here, individual animals goes without saying.

[@mrsalwaysrightforever6283]

That’s really smart, and that’s a great option; I honestly and personally don’t think I would be able to do what they do since I’m terrified of snakes 🐍

[@DiabloNemes]

And I am too kind to kill a living being 😅

[@jameswikstrom4174]

Great documentary on why the pythons need to be removed to rebalance the eco system . Since they have no natural predators, dedicated python hunters need to do the dirty work of foraging through the Everglades! I applaud their effort and dedication!

[@bassomatic1871]

I grew up in South Miami and used to explore every swamp and woodland we could access. I saw my first python in the wild in 1977 in the woods off Old Cutler Road near the Snapper Creek Marina.. It was at least 10' long and scared the heck out of my friends and I.

[@hananokuni2580]

Some python owners got tired of their pythons and released them into the wild, where they began to breed like crazy.

[@ovh992]

I am shocked that there is not a bigger business in python skins. Python handbags were huge 20 years ago. Unfortunately they died down a lot.

[@christopherfeatherley]

I believe, and this is coming from a fashion student, it's just difficult to incorporate snake leather into most outfits. The print/texture is definitely beautiful and stands out on its own, but it's a bit odd in a stylistic point to just wear snake leather alone (like boots for example); you often have to balance it with a python leather bag, or snake leather accessories, etc. Hence, the lack of demand when compared to cowhide leather (the most commonly used leather) or croc leather, which I find can be more easily incorporated in an outfit alone. But who knows? Fashion is always changing

[@ItsOKtobeNormal]

They would be cool as lamp shades

[@pavelow36]

Kid at school: My grandma makes the best cookies! These ladie's grandkids: My grandma catches burmese pythons in the everglades.

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

Years ago ,decades ago I wondered how come people were allowed to have these dangerous creatures. They had no rules at all. I thought wow that’s really stupid of Florida to let this continue and now here it is, the results.

[@steffir9506]

There used to be a python snake breeding facility in Florida that was destroyed during Hurricane Andrew in 1992, releasing hundreds of breeding snakes. Plus some people in Florida are illegally releasing pet snakes into the Everglades when the snakes get too big or too much for them to take care of. The snakes are thriving in the Everglades, and they are breeding. They are an invasive species and they are wiping out all of the indigenous wildlife.

[@tobiasvanbaren875]

It's funny how it actually wasn't specific people who let them out. It's because people all around the world do what many people do... They buy snakes from breeders. Many of these suppliers/breeders are in Florida and then a hurricane hit and they got out.

[@ninoalvarez7604]

im literally going to break up with my fiance because she has the same name as you .

[@HypnoticHollywood]

The video explained of this was the result of an accidental escape due to a hurricane, not due to simply owning them as pets. I'm in New Jersey and I owned a 10 ft Burmese Pythons years ago. You never hear of these snakes attacking people because they are not dangerous as long as they are fed and properly taken care of.

[@rtroyer8963]

It is still legal in most states to keep dangerous animals as pets, some states require a "license" fee to get a "Permit". Many states will allow you to have even the most venomous snakes known to man as "Pets". Very scary.

[@hazaziazizan1273]

I respect these women, the only time i touch a snake was when i was a kid. A python fall on top of my head and even i don't even know how am i being able to lift the snake and throws it into a bush. That thing is HUGE and heavy! I started running and crying. i still remember it till this day. The python fall from a wooden hut at my house. I have the strength out of fears i guess.

[@MoneyStrategiesSOULutions]

Wow that adrenaline made you strong!!

[@poohbear9795]

They're lesbians

[@Ria.ray77257]

@@poohbear9795 bruh just look at your username, I wouldn't be judging those women for being homosexual when THAT'S your username:/

[@irenerayne7332]

​@@poohbear9795 seems like youre gay

[@faustinaaduboffuor602]

Scared you to death huh🤣🤣🤣

[@RoibinDeargFiadhaich]

I really respect this lady's ethics and really relate to her with her admiration for the python. Here in Scotland I trap, skin and tan mink skins myself as they are invasive and devastating natural wildlife. But they are such beautiful, cunning apex animals, and where there are parts of the world mink are still being horrifically farmed just for their skins, as are pythons, it would be an insult to simply let the ones who lived a wild and free life, and died as quickly and as painlessly as humanily possible, just go to waste.

[@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush]

2:49 😂😂😂 he was so extra for jump tuck rolling😂

[@terryrussel3369]

Florida isn't the only state in dire need of licenses hunters, and 100 falls incredibly short of the number needed. Wild hogs are another out-of-control problem that is so bad there is unrestricted hunting in most states and even that doesn't help much.

[@LloydsofRochester]

And that's why you need more people who know how to boldly get out in the wild and not spend all their time in front of screens. (Says me to me)

[@waynejohnson1786]

PETA is like “you can kill animals but you can’t have fun doing it!” 😂

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

So PETA dont enjoy all the animals they like to kill? Same goes for VEGANS! HYPOCRITS!

[@waynejohnson1786]

@NPc Why would you be okay with killing invasive species but object to people having fun doing it? And to answer your question; it’s just fun to wrestle snakes 🤷‍♂️

[@crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600]

@@waynejohnson1786 Why would you be okay with the death penalty but object to people having fun doing it? See how that sounds? lol

[@waynejohnson1786]

@@crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600 Killing an invasive species and killing a human being are two different things. Despite what “animal rights activists” would like us to believe lol

[@crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600]

​@@waynejohnson1786 a life is still a life. I'm Buddhist so there's no difference. The pythons deserves to go with dignity by the hands of experienced professionals

[@kcgunesq]

It is so depressing that people feel like they have to justify killing these snakes. They simply don't belong here and need to go.

[@jeremysmith5060]

6:04, those were some smooth and fast reactions. I’m sad there were no karate chop/kick combos included.

[@kurtcraig9059]

Hope this can continue...great efforts by these hunters

[@Reauxsted1]

Keep up the good works! 1000% behind you all the way!

[@jutopri]

6:04 reaction time on point 😂😂

[@garypage9515]

Twenty-five years ago, when driving down Tamiami trail to Miami in the early morning, I would see rabbits everywhere. Not anymore. The only rabbits I have seen in recent times have moved into neighborhoods in Naples where they are much safer.

[@r1l56me]

The problem with paying people to bring in pythons is that some idiot will decide to start breeding them rather than go through the trouble of catching them.

[@Margatatials]

That's why the require a licence to hunt them.

[@thehonesttruth8808]

Do you know how long it takes and how expensive it is for a python to grown more than 4 feet…it costs a whole lot more than $50 buddy…a losing endeavor for sure

[@Eros.n.pippins]

With bred ones you have a rough idea on its health, age, friendliness, etc With wild, its a gamble. As well as not all wild ones strive in captivity.

[@tobiasvanbaren875]

I don't know if this bothers anyone else but it does for me. It bothers me when someone says a snake is or isn't POISONOUS. for goodness sake, it's VENOMOUS!

[@dapoakinola8999]

Not all snakes are venomous. They could bite, but you'll survive even without treatment. If it ain't venomous, then it effectively ain't poisonous.

[@johntexan4165]

They are decimating the local wildlife and your concerned with someone saying poisonous? Pick your battles dude…

[@waynejohnson1786]

@@johntexan4165 They’re right though, its kinda like saying someone with cancer has AIDS. Venom is injected while poison is consumed/absorbed. “If you bite it and you die it's poison, but if it bites you and you die, that's venom”

[@colbykinney5633]

There is a garter snake that is poisonous, I pretty sure it's in the south west. It builds up neurotoxin in its body from eating from eating slugs I think.

[@cleverusername9369]

Poison: ingested Venom: injected I don't get what people don't get about that.

[@starflight6086]

You should have done that guy who goes through the everglades at night barefoot. Man calls aligators 'swamp puppies', goes off trail, and easily handles all of the dangers listed, including cottonmouths

[@johncameron4194]

Beautiful markings

[@nenadmarkovic7998]

"Hate to have them killed...." I guess they asked nicely but pythons won't give up their skin ...naturally. I really do understand why this is necessary,keep going. Very interesting video. Thank you.

[@curtekstrom9531]

I have several pairs of Snake skin Custom made Cowboy boots. Some are even endangered like some of the Gator and Crocodile skins.

[@dogzebra2708]

Snakes willingly give up their skin all the time. As soon as they outgrow it.

[@nenadmarkovic7998]

@@dogzebra2708 so do humans.

[@UgandanAirForce]

@@curtekstrom9531 i've seen snakeskin m1911 grips as well, there was a pretty good selection of python ones.

[@wondwosenmulugeta6947]

What a passion, I really appreciate you sister ❤

[@michaelrosspearson9756]

Where online can you purchase the skins please?

[@adquinta]

Somebody tell the reporter that snakes aren’t poisonous, they’re venomous.

[@dennissalisbury496]

Get some Cajun chefs flogging/promoting python on the Bar-B-Q, Python Gumbo and this will cease to be a problem in a year.

[@drewh3224]

Lol👍

[@theswampfox9584]

Your right 😂

[@AK-jt9gx]

Apparently the meat is super chewy and not good. We’ve got the same problem with invasive green crabs in New England. I know a chef who’s tried to cook them a dozen different ways to create a market, nothing worked.

[@boscopappas234]

The meat is disgusting. Borderline inedible

[@dennissalisbury496]

@@AK-jt9gx Cajun sausage maybe?

[@judithkimmerling770]

God have mercy! Somebody’s got to do it; I give these women mad props for this work!

[@shamamba02]

As an animal lover, this has to be done. Good job.

[@Extremestoic23678]

So sad to think how many animals died to create that giant snake.

[@LazarusLong10]

In the 2010s there was a program in Guam to drop dead mice with aspirin (poison to snakes but not other animals) to combat the brown snake. As I recall it was quite successful. Not sure if that would work here, brown snakes are tree dwellers and I’m not sure what the impact might be on native reptiles but might be worth consideration.

[@xyeB]

Snakes never eat other reptiles. Unlike other species snakes aren’t cannibals. Also you’re going to hell like it or not

[@bororobo3805]

Didn't know about Aspirin being poison to shakes.

[@joeljong931]

They have another program of radio tagging large prey only large snakes 🐍 can take when the transmitter shows no life sign but moving they hunt the snake down and retrieve the transmitter.

[@Yosef9438]

It didn't work. There's a person just above from Guam talking about how they are a huge issue still.

[@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013]

the native reptiles are, frankly, more important than the damage the burmese pythons are doing. The Brown Tree Snake problem in guam is something on an entirely different level (such that the program wasn't especially successful and the only reason it wasn't a seriously misguided program was that there are millions of them to the point they've killed the majority of everything else) and not at all analogous.

[@beccalee199]

My greatest respect to the ones doing this job. For me snakes longer than 30 centimetres or poisonous belong to controlled facilities and it’s a nightmare for me meeting them in nature. I mean I am not afraid of them, I like the feel of their skin, and I already held some, small ones, but I did and I liked it. Thankfully I live in a country where there are only small and non-poisonous snakes, except for a few, but they don’t live in the part of the country I live in.

[@GnosticChild]

I hope they get bit. A lot

[@MonarchPoolPlaster]

Ireland?

[@sauronthegreat489]

Most snakes if they're taken care of properly are very placid and controllable. I've done a bit of training with rattlesnakes myself. If you walk away from them they'll leave you alone.

[@samyoung3592]

Venomous, not poisonous. Snakes are venomous or nonvenomous.

[@sauronthegreat489]

@@samyoung3592 well you do have tiger keel backs and other oddities that are poisonous to eat due to their diet. Certainly oddities though.

[@julien.4617]

Good job!

[@R9dyhQ.RDPD99yF0gDmSZqC]

Great job

[@chiemekaa]

So 100 professional python hunters vs. 50 to 100 pythons per clutch of eggs. Yeah, that doesn't equate.

[@lordlurk7968]

The video doesn't really do much to explain that, but snakes are similar to other species that have lots of offspring and scatter them to the wind. Most don't survive to adulthood. Another example would be the likes of fish or frogs, certain species can lay hundreds of eggs sometimes and most never make it past the first few months.

[@YeahYall]

400 since 2019?? I'd say they're here to stay😔

[@user-xl9dc1kx3z]

One person that's low performing

[@spankymcflych]

This plays more like a reality tv show where they're ginning up the drama.

[@johnr6179]

Not sure if thermal sensing equipment would work for cold blooded critters but if so they would be WAY better than driving around shining flashlights.

[@HiThisIsMine]

I was thinking the same but a simple search shows they would be invisible to thermal imaging. Still seems like there are plenty of better ways to track or trap giant snakes.

[@BasicUniversalEconomics]

as a large pet snake owner i think it is a shame this is necessary due to other owner's irresponsibility. Don't release your pets!

[@patrickmunneke8348]

They didn't. A hurricane destroyed a large breeding center, and they got out.

[@leocervidae]

@@patrickmunneke8348 lots of people have also released burms! Pet stores selling babies for very cheap and owners not considering how big they get and how much space it needs/how expensive a big snake is. Then people release them into the wild.

[@purplespaceship2417]

People shouldn't own these "pets" in the first place. There is zero warranted or reasonable justification whatsoever for private ownership of large snakes, the same as with any other exotic species. The people who own them are 100% the problem, ownership should not only be banned but also punished with heavy fines. Not only do most people not keep their snakes in tanks that are extreme weather proof but many don't end up keeping the snakes indefinitely and pass them on by whatever convenient means necessary.

[@BasicUniversalEconomics]

dont keep them outside. Florida people get away with it, due to the climate but up here nobody can keep them outside,

[@clalam5241]

@@purplespaceship2417 same thing should apply to exotic cars they just go to fast and make loud noises , theres no reason why someone should own an exotic car and too many people go fast and crash.

[@ShannonSouthAfrica]

Those ladies know how to handle a snake...

[@ROH_R]

Lovely video ❤❤

[@icns01]

Lol....gotta love Amy the entrepreneur, and how she "honors the reptiles" - such pretty skins!

[@RaptorRockDrakeJesus]

"They r such beautiful creatures! They r doing what pythons do" ok mate sure u got skins everywhere

[@walkingwolf8072]

She mostly honors her bank account, look up the price of python skins, they are not cheap.

[@pauldurkee4764]

I may be wrong on this, but I'm certain that I saw a film about the Burmese Python hybridising with another type of Python, can't remember if it was the Royal Python, or the Rock Python? Apparently the hybrid is not only large but very aggressive also. 👍

[@brybryguy6314]

It's the African Rock python hybrid. African rock pythons are highly aggressive. Burmese pythons aren't as aggressive but the hybrid combo is creating this, super snake species. The two species are very similar genetically and that's a reason why they are able to mate. It can be a huge issue

[@aris1869]

Royals pythons are just another term for ball pythons, and those guys are pretty small comparatively. So that just wouldn’t work out breeding wise. Fun fact, the Royal name came from how some royalty would wear them around their necks (alive, just chillin casually) bc they are such relaxed animals

[@pauldurkee4764]

@@aris1869 Thank you for that, you confirmed what another person has said, that it was the Burmese and the Rock Python that are producing hybrids..

[@c.b.8193]

6:15 that seemed like a pretty effective move to not have her scared

[@RougeAngelic]

It’s awesome that you are able to use the snake parts. How about a program focusing on feeding hungry family’s by hunting invasive deer?

[@natural4lifemiss]

Wow I know they can get big I just forgot how big!We don't have big snakes like that where I live or even venomous ones!

[@choppermorgan9946]

I have all the respect in the world for you guys I don't think there's no way I could do what you guys do be careful from Indiana USA

[@Mystupidheart123]

Lady: Only pythons from the Everglades get battle scars/wounds and are one of a kind. Leather industry: starts smashing all pythons before making leather

[@fergieferg9192]

They could legit turn this into a tourist attraction. I'd pay a reasonable fee to go snake hunting with them for a day.

[@lisap.1826]

That sounds fun but may not be a good idea. If the snake catchers were paid to take tourists along they would be motivated to ensure the snakes are not completely eradicated from the area as it would destroy a source of income. Some greedy people may even start breeding pythons and releasing them to ensure a steady supply to attract more tourists and keep the business going.

[@mattgraver3604]

I don't believe enough is being done to deal with this invasive menaces

[@culcune]

I think there will be a loss of balance of native species of animals soon due to these pythons and the lack of ridding the Everglades of them.

[@Thebeetleguy]

Sure, but there are plenty of invasive species that are destroying native habitats and people are doing NOTHING about it. For example: cats. Cats have wiped out hundreds of species of native birds and reptiles all over the globe. They are far worse than these pythons. Despite this, if people went out and killed all of the stray cats and had competitions of who can kill the most or find the biggest, people would go to prison. In the eyes of the public, these pythons are "menaces" and more popular animals are never touched, even if they are worse for the environment. Don't get me wrong, I love cats. But I can't stand the double standards that people have for this sort of thing!

[@mionmilla7300]

idk who suggested sending them back to their native countries. ydk how much there are so a sudden increase in the population might upset the current balance. That's just making problems for the native countries that has to deal with what problem it might cause later on.

[@yogibear3161]

They are on the red list in their native countries, and its them that keep the balance there, and the creatures there know how to deal with them, in the everglades the creatures don't know what they are, so don't bother until its 2 late.

[@chokichocat3083]

This looks awesome i kinda wanna do it

[@elmatador1852]

WOW!!! Ladies keep up the good work 💪👏👏👏👏

[@charlesjackson3213]

Thank you all for what you do. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@MrNomads]

If FL wants to get rid of them so badly, announce an open season for any capable person to catch, not just a 100-person limit.

[@lordlurk7968]

Mucking around in the everglades isn't exactly like walking down the street friend...that's an easy way to rack up casualties from the overconfident and the ignorant. From aligators to various venemous snakes, and even algae blooms that will kill you if it gets into your body if you are unlucky, the swamps of Florida are not a casual hunting ground.

[@MrNomads]

@@lordlurk7968 I agree, but, I am giving the benefit of the doubt that grown adult should know their capability level.

[@lordlurk7968]

@@MrNomads I can understand that, but being a Florida Man myself, I've seen too many people think they'd be just fine cause they used to camp or hunt a lot out in the woods of X state or something most of their life, only to come down here and get into dangerous situations pretty quickly.

[@doomguy584]

Because now it's a money maker and they don't want do let the peasants make any money

[@strongdelusion9442]

Heck fire up the money printing presses and pay a 500$ bounty per snake! They'd be gone in a couple months! "Money for nothing and the checks for free"

[@vdjKryptosRock]

Pythons aren’t poisonous, because snakes are not poisonous - mushrooms and frogs are. Snakes can be venomous though.

[@ankursaikia9701]

Nice work

[@ahmadganteng7435]

This snake is native in my place. Usually when it is small (under 2,5 meter) we call it "wood snake" or "ulo kayu" in javaneese. When it become huge, then it called "ulo sanca kembang". Usually it live around paddy fields and eats rats. When I still live in rural area, I could killed 1 or 2 snake of this species each year, but only when they are still "ulo kayu". Mad respect for for taking such monster "ulo sanca kembang". When you come to Indonesia you could introduce yourself as "pawang ulo".

[@xyeB]

Stop killing your native snakes for no reason bro

[@ahmadganteng7435]

@@xyeB not for no reason Bro. So my old house is so close to paddy field, so many times small snakes goes around our house and eating our chicken. We kill only small portion of them. Usually snakes in paddy field is kept alive because they control mice population.

[@Anonymous-lh7hg]

I saw a video of a big ass python in a house ceiling in malaysia

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

I want to do something awesome enough to get a name in another language. Thank you for sharing.

[@miklosdavid7627]

@@ahmadganteng7435 FYI, there are many python slaughterhouses in Malaysia and Indonesia where these captured helpless reptiles are often skinned alive in the most horrific way. Shame on you people there, big shame, time to stop animal cruelty. And don't pretend that you don't know about it, people are paid, I heard about 30 Euros (maybe more) for capturing a live snake, so they willingly decimate the native stock for peanuts really compared to the huge profit in python skin trade when those are sold to big retailers.

[@kitkatmccabe]

There was a TV show called Guardians of the Everglades. That followed python hunters and they turned them in to hats, wallets, shoes even atleast their using the animal not just flinging it away.

[@stevenscottoddballz]

4:07 Wow! They catch 14 pythons EVERY DAY?!? Amazing!

[@gelynch52phPH]

I don't understand why the state doesn't just allow everyone to catch them. That would probably mean that high school kids, office workers, low salary people would flood the areas on weekend or days off trying to catch them and make extra money from the skins and everything that can be sold.

[@Eros.n.pippins]

Well, They can be aggressive or carry diseases. That's why

[@randomstuff6332]

0:45, I always thought those shows of some python big enough to swallow boats and ships were just fantasy, but excuse me? There's an actual live example of alligator inside that snake? Like wow thats crazy.

[@JGunit]

I can't wrap my head around how a snake can eat an alligator whole, and somehow digest it.

[@xyeB]

It can’t,that’s a lie.

[@xyeB]

Who told you this lie?

[@xyeB]

Look up the jaw width of an anaconda

[@Showgirlable]

I hear Snake meat it quite Good! I’d try it! I live in Pittsburgh Pa VERY far from Florida.

[@jayflow7949]

What An Absolutely Incredible Beautiful Material!!!!! 💯🐍💰🇺🇸

[@agalgonzalez]

Good to see people properly using this pest for good ends.

[@FredFS4558]

You know u can not only use the skin for leather, but also the fats of the python can be used as ointment fir wounds and massage. Store the fat in a bottle and heat it in the sun to melt it to make oil, and then use it to apply on the wounds of burn 🔥 skin or accident wounds , it is also good for massage and good for long and silky hair for girls. This oil ointment is especially good for people with Diabetes whose wound do not heal.

[@FredFS4558]

@spiritsafe 😁 here in our place our forefathers use to hunt it for meat 🥩 n also to use for medicinal purposes, n till to this day.

[@anirbanpatra3017]

It can give you a new version of Corona

[@dennispickard7743]

@spiritsafe he’s a snake oil salesman 😂😂

[@HiThisIsMine]

Asian and African countries think everything has medicinal properties and cures cancer.

[@FredFS4558]

@@HiThisIsMine who said it cures cancer, I said its a good oinment for wounds, burns and join pain. By the way almost all plants and animals in this world has medicinal properties, and it's the best coz it's natural.

[@MannyDer]

6:15 -- "lifting it in the air would scare it", meanwhile they're stomping on it

[@deepwaters2334]

So cool!

[@notleviathan855]

I got my dad a pair of wild caught python leather shoes sourced out of the Everglades, the products they created aren't bad quality.

[@jekku4688]

Those snakeskins are gorgeous! Great job that they're getting rid of these beasts, and using them in the best way possible. Do they use the meat as well??

[@SimonFerocius]

I heard a Florida Everglades guy were looking for this....

[@rohiniguiland4873]

Imagine being so bad ass you take out an allegator.😂😂

[@temoharri8848]

All the talk and emphasis on the Burmese pythons, but there has been reports in the past that Anacondas, Retics, African Rock Pythons and cobras have been found in the Everglades. What is the status of those findings as of today?

[@muhammadburhan6948]

0:37...... venomous tsk tsk tsk

[@stephensiebott170]

they always get it wrong. its so lame. lost all credibility in the video instantly.

[@howsikl8594]

@@stephensiebott170 do venomous snakes only make a hiss nois

[@CroatiaSurvival]

@@howsikl8594 No, any largish reptile can make that sound.

[@johncameron4194]

Hats off. Great ladies

[@thekrunkymonkey]

"Lifting it in the air would scare it" but stamping on it while its on the ground is fine hahahah.

[@sankadigowala3496]

Oh my god! 5k 🐍 removed annually. This is just so hard and interesting at the same time😊

[@joellevega3708]

Kinda doesn’t make sense they say there team removes 5k a year but than later sometimes they hunt all night and leave empty handed .. only 365 days in a year the math ain’t mathing

[@alakamubarak5354]

@@joellevega3708 I think this particular team of python hunters ,other teams might see one or two pythons to catch it's alternating

[@Smokie1523]

I generally dont condone turning animals into clothing, shoes, wallets, etc, but in this case it is atleast for a good reason. Still, shame it had to come to this, but atleast its someone moderated anyways.

[@Bjibberish]

I agree wholeheartedly

[@residentsleeper5203]

I could never understand why you would feel bad for these creatures. They are alive and well in their home country. We’re just removing them from invasive environments

[@isatq2133]

Unless their cute you couldn’t give a shat less!

[@tobiasvanbaren875]

@@residentsleeper5203 they are the ones that are in invasive. I don't know if that's what you had meant or not .. just checking.👍

[@GiRR007]

but... were suppose to turn animals into clothing 😐

[@leobrunelle1860]

These woman are badass.mad respect

[@Dekubud]

I respect and appreciate these people and hope to do something similar one day with invasive species local to my area. I love animals, but I also know removing invasive species and population control is essential.

[@lestatsgames7426]

Do snake snake tranquilizers exist to help subdue them after grabbing them?

[@cleverusername9369]

No. They calm down when they're in a dark, enclosed space though. But no there's not a snake tranquilizer like you'd think of with a lion or something.

[@DOI_ARTS]

If you lead it into a sack and get inside it. It will roll and chill. That's how we caught it but big ones are a bit aggressive you can't from the bite but it will seriously hurt

[@largemarge1603]

@@DOI_ARTS Your cute comment about 'a bit aggressive' sounds like 'a strangling aggressive' or 'a eat-you-whole aggressive'. That 'bit' you just received get infected much?

[@walkingwolf8072]

Yes they do, you can buy them in most sporting goods stores, and Walmart. Sometimes when they are on sale they are as cheap as .10 each.

[@montewalker]

Probably a silly question, but do you think they’ll ever be completely cleared from the Everglades?

[@ronaldkehinde252]

Never, not in a foreseeable future considering their numbers and the rate at which they multiply. I don't see how the number can be decimated. The only solution to this invasion is to look for the eggs and blow touch them along with capturing them. If they don't belong there, they shouldn't be there. If they were human and had no valid resident permit, they would have been deported. The same applies to them.

[@sn5301679]

If human able to hunt more than they reproduce. Make it a local delicacies.

[@kepler180]

i pray that they will

[@TinoMiller]

I think they can .. But these designers would love to get their hands on any snake skin

[@tobiasvanbaren875]

It's a big maybe. It would take years and years of hunting them and at that point the everglades plants and greens will die off because of how many people it would take to catch all the pythons. I don't really care too much about the greenery but instead more about the other reptiles and amphibians. But yeah, there is a small chance we could get them out. The average Burmese pythons in the everglades lay from 50-100 eggs per clutch/at a time

[@12birdlimit]

Just curious why capture live and dispatch later, would it not be easier to dispatch the python on sight.

[@deadboycliq]

That Rick and morty episode makes sense now

[@zapfanzapfan]

Leather is a renewable resource, better to use that than some plastic substitute.