The Bounty Hunters Catching Pythons In Florida (HBO)

The Everglades in Florida are plagued with dozens of invasive species, top among them is the Burmese Python. A pet sold in stores throughout the US, when it gets too big or too old for its owner it typically gets released into the wild. When this happens in Florida, where the Everglades tall grasses are identical to Southeast Asia, the animal thrives, breeding in huge numbers and eating whatever it wants thanks to a complete absence of natural predators. On the heels of a viral video showing a burmese python wrestling and killing an alligator, the director of the South Florida Water Management District launched a program to hunt snakes throughout his district.
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Pythons threaten the Everglades' ecosystem, so in a very Florida move, the state has sent snake bounty hunters out to capture them. WATCH NEXT: 2 Million Snakes Have Taken Over The Island Of Guam - bit.ly/2NMAz6M

[@vinny4149]

How much do they get paid? Areal you can yourself journalists?

[@androlibre9661]

@Ash&Misty Natsu&Lucy In the Everglades they need to be wiped out and extinct

[@alan30189]

hello hello - I think some of your stats are way off.

[@drew6163]

@@alan30189 lol if you say so

[@marvelgamer6426]

Don’t hunt and kill snakes they balance out the ecosystem for example if you take out a snake the eagles won’t be able to eat some things they need to eat then and it will become over populated with the stuff they eat rabbits will eat all the small plants

[@Gzzzzzz111]

When she mentioned he had a computer job, I thought his job was coding in Python.

[@leswhynin913]

underrated

[@Catlady77777]

Cheeky!

[@ishdoug3923]

Damn!!!!!

[@davidamoakomorgan1807]

😂 😂 😂

[@user-erick007]

🤣🤣

[@sergiocorreaasmar]

"...even deadlier force: Floridians" TRUTH

[@offtemp5733]

Derek Derek you obviously don’t get the Florida man joke

[@mackendylordeus1625]

Lol all Floridians can agree with that

[@bluetextonwhitebg]

"honey...fetch my meth pipe."

[@Worldofourown2024]

Humans are most clever at killing. Guess they gotta get these monster non-native snakes so that native species can thrive instead of being eaten to extinction.

[@ariefraiser140]

Pill mill capital of the US

[@wewe3597]

doing python as a daytime job and hunt pythons as a side job what a legend

[@Feyser1970]

nice joke

[@brandonrahe]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2aXiqCOf8qnhsk

[@bradley4706]

Love that

[@NewNebula12]

I love how they imply Floridians are inherently dangerous

[@bradpiff6836]

Trash King we are 😈

[@Anastasia-ti4os]

I live by the everyglades and I can confirm this is very true. We are scary

[@beyonduniverse5910]

Theyre retards

[@calebwilliams790]

@@beyonduniverse5910 why are you insulting them?

[@SDM121888]

Beyond Universe sounds like somebody’s gf got some local D on spring break 😂

[@davydawgdawg]

That guy that jumped on that snake needs a damn TV show ASAP

[@lairdriver]

@@huegrektion9428 dude.. Harmless?? Pythons are killing machines. Human killing machines

[@LtRiot]

that thing would constrict around, suffocate you morons, and run while you screamed friendly like you were playing a video game

[@nneolawilson678]

Hahahaha

[@Isayah_613]

Sure he'll survive the apocalypse..

[@ethancooper1560]

lairdriver nah ther awful for the environment but they don’t hunt humans or anything

[@TheDudeAbides1776]

"They become too big to maintain" Just like my ex-wife.

[@mrvn000]

Ja ja ja you. Are killing me...

[@loganbarr853]

That was flipping hilarious

[@WeAreHere619]

Best comment of all 🤣🤣🤣

[@abyss7524]

Ha hahaha aha bro you just killed me🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ryancohen5897]

dead

[@dvm590]

Probabaly find some politicians in that grass too..

[@annaglenn3490]

I spat out my water.

[@BIG_TOE]

*Kevin Durant*

[@kriscamp608]

I see what you did there. Nice.

[@bb4380]

budum ts

[@geraldthegerbil9364]

Damn right. They were cutting one open at the end of the video.

[@leonjocelyn2323]

Let people hunt them for their skins. They'll be gone on weeks.

[@jorgetamez8794]

They already do and there's a bounty out for them

[@gmkhn66]

@@jorgetamez8794 for the hunters of the snakes?

[@truesdemon1644]

@@gmkhn66 no. Bounty for the snakes dummy

[@theskyisblue8979]

@@gmkhn66 lol

[@a1champ836]

@@truesdemon1644 lmfao 😂😂😂👊🖒

[@fredtracy3931]

The reason you have pythons in the first place is because some idiots wanted exotic pets!!

[@DamnItMantis]

@Abdulkarim Elnaas Thank you! I have a snake and it's great to see someone defending snake owners here

[@vonarg]

Exactly. And one day Florida will kave king cobra and other nice stuff, because of the selfish exotic snake "pet" lovers, so they won't be able to catch burmese python anymore.

[@DanielGennaro]

Exactly. Ppl are demonic to release a snake into wild like this.

[@BeeHash]

In case anyone is curious that snake would have netted them up to $625. $50 for the first 4 feet and $25 for every foot after that. With a $200 bonus for a pregnant female.

[@sebastianalvarado2390]

Bret Harley shit I need to hunt some snakes

[@BeeHash]

@@sebastianalvarado2390 yes cousin

[@nobody46820]

Thanks!

[@RetroShark360]

Damm that's business

[@tabletopwarrior]

That's what....at least a few cases of beer right?

[@freshhh_prince]

Nobody: People from Florida: “DAGGON...LOOK AT THAT THANG”

[@GOATGamingAndSports]

Josh Prince 😂😂😂😂

[@v.dargain1678]

That was choice . LOL

[@dee-jaylibnao8602]

Hahaha

[@LetFreedomRing]

You beat me to it!

[@blakebramley9171]

That’s just any southerner looking at something that amazes them really

[@SomeScruffian]

Pythons: "Im the biological nightmare of the everglades, the natives can't compete!" Floridians: "Bet"

[@Jimmy-Mc]

Damn, he just jumped on its head like nothing.

[@chrish7927]

Gotta get that $$$$$

[@westroop6342]

That's called the "Steve Irwin"

[@ohhvass7490]

😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@thebestever333]

White people craaaazy

[@COA319]

@@thebestever333 😂😂

[@HealthyAndrew]

The way he jumped on that snake and slide down into the brush was astonishing. Wow. What a display of skill and balls of steel !

[@brandonrahe]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2aXiqCOf8qnhsk

[@zachunholz9130]

😂 fr

[@lilsatan21]

Be quiet.. It was a python not your mama (mamba)

[@DanielGennaro]

Also how fast that mfer is. That thing darted

[@jonathanpeterson1984]

During that group hug, that dude with the shirt on his head never took his eyes off that snakes head 😂

[@92bagder]

Have snake bounties, snake roundups, competitions; have python a part of the culinary scene, sell meat and skins.

[@jakeyoung2300]

Python skin I heard is good money

[@nickstav08]

Their meat is really high in mercury

[@mcaesario]

making bounties would encourage people to breed them and sell them. Especially when you're talking roundups and competition. Trusting government approved agencies seems a lot better. Maybe they aint making a huge dent in decreasing the population, but at least they keep bringing in results

[@nickstav08]

@@mcaesario plus you dont get a bunch of idiots going through the everglades ruining everything

[@YSLRD]

@@mcaesario Sorry, did you just say trust government? Lol

[@williambryant5946]

They've caught 400 in 10 years. That's nothing. I've heard of one guy who caught 900 in a year. 25 guys is not enough. They need like 25,000 guys doing it.

[@Lukewarm39052]

And incentives

[@nathanaelvalville9191]

That's because homie also got a day job

[@akali6858]

They should hire SOUTH EAST ASIANS in some parts of SEA they're almost extinct because of over hunting. LMAO

[@jesbinj]

@@akali6858 i think they do. I saw a video years ago where they hired ppl from this small indian tribe and those mother fuckers literally bite the head off the smaller snakes. the video was years ago but my god the video was crazy. Im actually going to look for the video and try to show you cause it sounds so unbelievable but it happened.

[@717jeezy]

@John Smith I would fo it for 60k a year for 900 pythons . I'd sign up right away . it would be fun too and be getting paid for it !!

[@mdvidz7416]

Pythons are notoriously hard to locate in the immense stretches of south Florida wetlands where they thrive. They don’t readily enter traps, and their natural camouflage is incredibly well suited to florida. These 4 hunters in 10 years caught only about 500 pythons. There are hundreds of hunters catching them in Florida but there are 30,000 pythons. That seems very difficult.

[@JD_tcb]

Sounds like they fit right in, and people are now butt hurt about a species THEY introduced. I think Florida is cooler with pythons. Stop interfering, that's what screws everything up in the first place.

[@markus7166]

So they only caught 1 per month/each ? That seems awfully low..

[@incestiazenkto5936]

@@JD_tcbare you really this dumb?

[@andilad6326]

Does Florida deserve this- anti science flourishing there especially in the past 8 years

[@slider903]

@@JD_tcbyou’re ridiculous. Shut up.

[@chevchelios281]

Coming to a theatre near you... Samuel L. Jackson in “Snakes on the Glades” Cut to trailer: Jackson, “I’ve had it, with these motherfuckin snakes on the motherfuckin glades!”

[@nyelement007]

LOL

[@db4695]

Don Kaper best comment

[@jidmoore10]

Damn so this is where all my highschool classmates went for college😂

[@davehouston6528]

They went to the same college ?

[@Nopenotme97]

@@davehouston6528 r/woooosh

[@Nopenotme97]

I'll take pity. Hes saying his classmates were all "snakes"

[@asifrana8441]

Burmese pythons seem to lay the most eggs on average. They can lay anywhere from 20-100 eggs per clutch, depending on their size and health conditions and possibly their age.

[@brandonrahe]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2aXiqCOf8qnhsk

[@milkdud6993]

No ones gonna bring up “daggone look at thaang”

[@shygirl6945]

Isn’t Florida the south? Sounds like southern slang to me lol!!

[@matthewb9241]

There’s a dude on youtube, his channels name is “Chandler’s Wildlife” and he lives in Florida. He goes out and catches the invasive pythons, freezes them and then feeds them to his 12ft king cobra, lol. It’s kinda fun to watch.

[@manuelitosinatra9456]

Matthew B i love him!!!

[@ethanperrin9847]

Bro he’s amazing

[@OfficialMuffiin]

He gets given the pythons by hunters, he doesn't catch them himself.

[@zaheer611]

Then feeds them to Kevin 🙌

[@matthewb9241]

rubles not true, there’s a video on his channel of him hunting

[@twingkolstar1576]

Pythons got scared of the yoink guy

[@ericbennett5354]

It's a shame this is necessary. I love animals, but it's important to keep them in their native land and eliminate invasive species.

[@alscritters156]

Animals themselves aren't a problem, it's humans, naturally, these animals probably would have a very slim chance in entering these lands or water areas, but humans either deliberately or accidentally put them there. Thus it has to be humans to take care of the mess because we are the ones who made it. But I think they should hire more people around 50-100 minimum

[@TandaSandaBanda]

Ash&Misty Natsu&Lucy Yeah, these things can adapt very easily and they have proved that they can survive on their own....

[@alscritters156]

@Ash&Misty Natsu&Lucy You'll be sending them all the way back to Southeast asia, which will be very costly, plus adding thousands of snakes into an ecosystem where there is already a stable population can cause problems. It's like what we do with dogs and cats, 2 million of them are euthanized each year, because of human greed.

[@NarutoNinetailFoxs]

Ha you funny humans are worse and will make earth worse

[@The_Superpack]

Architeuthitect NOT necessary

[@markreza8160]

3:06 I swore I heard “Oh it’s a big 💩man” 🤣🤣

[@oshunorisha367]

Thats not what he said 😅?

[@HAXORZ21]

@@oshunorisha367 haha "its a big shed man"

[@deniseterminello7802]

Me 2 🤣

[@shritan0]

same lol

[@charlenehastings4840]

I am so proud of these Python Hunters they are trying to save the Ecosystem 👍

[@georgedonaldson1516]

Nothing to be proud of. Bunch of stupid money hungry trailer dwelling rednecks. They probably have no idea what an ecosystem is.

[@babecat2000]

​@@georgedonaldson1516 you are the uneducated one. Stupid

[@suibora]

What is the state gonna do when the "Floridians" out-compete the local wildlife, with no predators? Release Texans to combat the problem?

[@Daniel-iz5kt]

aro p no we send the Alabamians

[@moot5223]

@@Daniel-iz5kt Then we send the Texans when the Alabamians become a problem

[@KevinP32270]

Lolololol

[@Freshy_Jones]

Tf you talkin about weirdo

[@rickyray2794]

These fucking things are negatively impacting the ecosystem in the everglades, what is the problem in killing them?

[@connorjohnson7457]

Idk if it’s just me but I really appreciate the respect and even appreciation those guys have for the snakes. It’s nice to see people who try to help there environment in a way that doesn’t seem like they have a blood lust

[@lukelang7781]

Exactly. We're made to hunt. There's a huge difference between trophy killing, and hunting for food, product, or to better the ecosystem. People act like we are that far removed from killing and eating our own food.

[@brandonrahe]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2aXiqCOf8qnhsk

[@dennishoule2570]

So let’s kill house cats that kill 1.4 billion birds a year in the US alone the songbird is going extinct because of house cats

[@markus7166]

I would prefer if they'd just cut their heads off as soon as they see them 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Baun92]

@@lukelang7781 Humans have no problem destroying eco systems. Talking about the need for killing off invasive species when we're the most invasive species of all.

[@lowellarnett3172]

0:16 Talks about pythons clearly shows an anaconda. I was like, "there gonna release anacondas to combat pythons, do they not have nursery rhymes in Florida?"

[@cyborg5088]

Same 😂

[@baris.ozkaya]

yea i was like ''wtf in couple of years you gonna have anaconda problem''

[@handleonafridge6828]

@@baris.ozkaya I think anacondas are also a problem, just not as widespread as pythons

[@madhukarjonathanminj2772]

@@handleonafridge6828 aren't Anacondas rare?

[@safir2241]

“Florida Man killing snakes on a bounty starts having sex with the dead snakes” I could see that as a headline in the near future & not be surprised

[@safir2241]

benjovi55 r/don’tputyourdickinthat

[@dinoflagella4185]

They’re already caught one guy having sex with an alligator.

[@pughconsulting]

"During hurricane after consumption of alcohol." Ah man I love Florida.

[@miklosdavid7627]

These Florida men are capable of anything. The question is can they stop deadly viruses from spreading?

[@pietfoku1921]

*Florida men kills pythons* would have been a better title

[@8420Hydro]

Easy Bert

[@danielcook5157]

C caymer LOL

[@americanpatriot3667]

C caymer at least they aren’t hunting each other black men

[@daeseongkim93]

honestly theyre doing the right thing and wiping out an invasive species. do you like with invasive species, probably not...

[@brandonharris9237]

@C caymer black men

[@RotheChris]

"By unleashing an even deadlier force; Floridians." I'M DEAD

[@YaoEspirito]

Sorry. Rest in peace.

[@shobud7943]

they need to employ 100 people for the everglades

[@jakeruffin9433]

It's gonna take at least 3,000 to make a dent.

[@soldierboywannabe267]

Lol send the national guard down there 😂 these snakes gotta go

[@CM-oy2kd]

10000

[@nyelement007]

100 people for the whole everglades? Shit just get 1,000 give them tools and boats to use. Maybe do a documentary like swamp people make sure everything is run smoothly. Every person has a camera man with them and 3 helpers. 0-9 feet $75 10-15 $150 15-20 $300 take off the limits,laws,permits and licenses. Get rid of them and dont think twice about it.

[@justinz1619]

Nah, they just need about 3 or 4 more guys and they'll be good.

[@collegiatemisfit6071]

Thank you for your service

[@daniswara1164]

Very very dangerous jobs. For those westerners that watch this I am an South Eastern Asian living in Indonesia and can say that a giant non venomous snake is no less dangerous or perhaps much more dangerous than venomous one. There were so many hunters that die in Indonesia because of this guys

[@brandonrahe]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2aXiqCOf8qnhsk

[@theskyworrier]

Oh yeah theres a video on youtube where a guy tried catching a python in Florida and even though he caught it, it bit him really good and he was dripping blood everywhere! He said had it gotten his artery it could've been a lot worse and he could bleed out and die just like that.

[@rickiex]

considering a female python can lay 20-100 eggs per year.... considering theres already a few thousand of them out there... removing a few hundreds of python a year wont make a dent....sadly to say. Edit: I'm not trying to be negative, just realistic. Look, if there's already a few thousand of snakes already ...let's say like out of 2000 snakes, only half of that or even 25% are adults, and let's say literally the minimum(2) amount of those 20-100 eggs make it to adulthood and reproduce....we're still talking about an additional 1,000-2,000 of snakes every year....

[@matthewhawthorne1370]

Could be more but Florida is limiting how many people can actually go out and kill em

[@eduwino151]

100 eggs yup but few make it to full size without beign killed while young

[@msalazar89]

Easy 💰 tho

[@iwondertv]

Watch the python cowboy and you’ll understand

[@iwondertv]

The python cowboy kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKebenmClKtpn5Y

[@CountArtha]

"Group hug!" Dude. That's a _python._ Don't give it any ideas

[@zachc4948]

Please tell me we either utilize the meat or utilize having the animal carcass to further our understanding of these animals. I’m all for supporting what is going on here, my parents live just outside Miami, and I have been to the beautiful wonder called the Everglades several occasions. If we are going to support nature, I just hope we remember this is an animal at the end of the day, just like a shark, just like a dog, just like a giraffe. They were not out here to be killed off by humans, and I just hope we do something productive with having to use such extreme measures to protect these ecosystems. Sorry, nature guy venting over here!

[@HunterBidenscrack]

They don’t belong here and need to be eradicated.

[@ArmyOfOne1996]

Thank you for covering invasive species such as the burmese python and lionfish. It is important for the public to understand the threat they pose to native biodiversity and y'all have done an excellent job reporting. Keep up the great work!

[@samueldsouza8797]

cats do more damage but no one reports about them

[@tritchie6272]

@@samueldsouza8797 I don't think cats are killing as many different species. Like gator and coons for example.

[@samueldsouza8797]

@@tritchie6272 i agree but one cat would eat once a few days while a burm would kill once every two months. I just feel like people are picking on these snakes and blaming it even though there where similar snakes in this country (but smaller). I could not find any evidence for either being more harmful.

[@bimfred]

@@tritchie6272 cats kill any species of bird that they can. Billions of birds from hundreds of species, globally.

[@bimfred]

not sure why Raccoons being replaced by snakes changes all that much. Someone explain what raccoons contribute.

[@shiralad]

Ma man that jumped on the snake, respect sir, you have the biggest balls Florida has ever seen.

[@brandonrahe]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2aXiqCOf8qnhsk

[@Magnum2PI]

They should ban owning Burmese pythons else people will keep dumping them

[@nadams01_65]

I’m more of a shotgun man when it comes to snakes myself

[@Earthmonster2003]

No way. Catch and cut. That is a hunt.

[@vonarg]

Cut the head, it's cheaper and more clean.

[@graemesydney38]

When they are done with Florida they can move on to the swamps of Washington DC

[@elhajjmalikel6266]

YEP! Drain that swamp!

[@a.wyattmann4370]

@@elhajjmalikel6266 too bad we don't get paid to bag and tag the crooks lording over us all in DC

[@chucklucas8747]

Less hope

[@turkey0165]

Best comment I’ve heard so far!

[@sideshowbob5237]

Save some for Westminster in London please!

[@casienwhey]

Pythons are now established in Florida and soon to be other states. These control type programs may make people feel better but don't do anything to control their population. Two snakes could easily reestablish all of the ones taken. Best thing to do is try and keep other animals out so they don't wind up becoming invasive species too. It only takes a few of them and some careless or stupid people to create a massive problem.

[@yhegjddg438]

Trust me, with enough money to motivate people this issue will be solved in under 2 years. For every snake caught give 1000$ and for big ones more.

[@chrisbgoodv2178]

​@@yhegjddg438it's idiotic thinking like that, that will get people to start breeding them illegally for the specific purpose of claiming the bounty. Countries trying that garbage with rat's tails found that out, the hard way.

[@nunobrito7965]

One snake for 1000 Bucks? Ahahahahahahahahahahaha keep your dirty money

[@theskyworrier]

Yeah but at least they're trying. If we did nothing, the problem would be a lot worse. Plus humans have and can drive any animal to extinction if we are determined enough. Just look at how many animals that went extinct because of us due to fear, overhunting, etc. Plus with the amount they're paying people for catching pythons I have no doubt we can keep them controlled. Money is truly an amazing motivator.

[@theskyworrier]

​​@@chrisbgoodv2178not really. It wouldn't be worth it. They would have to buy a lot of pythons which isnt cheap and then raise them for awhile until they get big enough. They have to be at least 4 feet to even claim the 50 dollar base price. So it really isn't worth it. All that money would go right back to raising and feeding them. Plus its not like anyone can catch pythons and get rewarded. Pretty sure you need to have a permit and be registered with the state of Florida. In the video the guy said that currently they only have 25 contractors working with the state of Florida although that number may have risen recently.

[@sampull3541]

*necropsy... autopsies are performed on humans. Everything else is a necropsy.

[@SelimxBradley]

"oh wow, look at my big brain!"

[@CarlosBeo]

thanks for the info

[@LegendNinja41]

why do people hate on this guy now smh lol, people are afriad to learn something, i appreciate it, never knew this.

[@polychronistheo]

In English perhaps, these two words have taken the significance they have. However, if you want to be precise, autopsy actually means "seeing/observing by your own means" ( from the Ancient Greek αὐτοψία : αὐτός autos + ὄψις opsis), whereas necropsy means "seeing/observing a dead body" (νεκρός nekros + ὄψις opsis). And in Greece, we use the word νεκροψία nekropsia, whatever the dead body is.

[@MCSE-cz2vd]

Thank you learnt something new

[@jamzrichards5306]

"the next day" *new skin boots*

[@v.dargain1678]

Considered a donation to the safe the Everglades cause .

[@basedchad534]

And a hat too :D

[@MrRedberd]

Hopefully, those boots are made for walkin', because we know what the ocean is going to do.

[@pattygould8240]

I love the respect for nature I see here.

[@brandonrahe]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2aXiqCOf8qnhsk

[@zachunholz9130]

😂😢

[@Kaschiba]

"DOGGONE! LOOK AT THAT THING! "

[@kevinandrephinke6003]

3:32 “easy easy easy easy...” 3:35 *jump over a phyton*

[@pughat5233]

I feel so bad for the snakes (obviously they have to be controlled/eradicated, and i think its absolutely important/moral to hunt them, but i still feel bad for them after ive held and fed a pet burm, and seen their eyes process what you actually are)

[@muddyriverdogz]

They need to figure out a way to trap them. That's usually the most effective approach. Traps are operational 24/7.

[@carlg7190]

I was thinking that, make something like an eel trap just for snakes over a certain size. Small ones would still get away, but I’d imagine that a bobcat or raccoon could get away more easily from a 6ft snake than a 10+ foot one.

[@jessreinhardt4408]

It's unfortunate, but when it comes to invasive species we're the ones that started the problem and threw things out of whack. We're responsible for fixing it. If you are upset about the culling of invasive species (and trust me, I know it's sad), keep in mind that by reducing the invasive population you are saving many native species.

[@brandonrahe]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2aXiqCOf8qnhsk

[@Landis_Grant]

Eradicating pythons in Florida is almost as difficult as ridding America of over 8 million feral boars.

[@haydencook682]

Needs to be handled like wild hogs...free for all. No hunting restrictions.

[@SerjEpic]

the problem is that these are not easy to kill with guns and if you are not careful the snake can kill you easily

[@haydencook682]

@@SerjEpic lol yeah I'm not advocating taking your 10 year old out there with you...we use pitbulls for hogs and I'd imagine a hound dog would be great for letting you know when one is close by. Shot guns and nets would work.

[@DEFC0NZER0]

American hunters need to wage war against invasive species

[@inescapableutopia4505]

She was a big snake, but I was at a reptile swap back in the late 80s when these 3 guys brought in a 24-footer; at least twice as big around. Ginormous.

[@richardbowers3647]

Yes, yes!!! History says a pet SNAIL had been released into nature & it will eat paint off a house!!!

[@brandonrahe]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2aXiqCOf8qnhsk

[@antoninorex5857]

Are Pythons and their Eggs safe for human Consumption???

[@BT_Spanky]

Setup a market for it in the food industry like they did with the Asian carp, the population could decrease even more.

[@JoBT42]

Their meat is too high in mercury. Its okay to eat very rarely but they can't be sold, maybe their skin tho.

[@0megadwarf]

@@JoBT42 interesting factoid

[@sammyclark838]

*Feed it to them anyway*

[@mcaesario]

@@JoBT42 gonna order bunch of them so I could sing for queen

[@blacknwhitetruthfully5325]

BurnTrees use it to make animal feed

[@d.owczarzak6888]

Anyone caught releasing pythons should get a minimum of 10 years in prison.

[@logansavage9333]

Should be sent to the least strong Floridian (this is a death sentence)

[@Thegirlwithapinkbag]

People shouldn't be allowed to keep these snakes as pets. Everyone knows that people release their pets in the wild when they get sick of them.

[@gamesturbator]

Release the CRAZY on them! It's Florida afterall! Seriously, these guys are doing a good thing.

[@tomhughes8933]

4:25 They killed the snake. No need for an autopsy. I accept cash

[@ambriadaniels-dovolis7496]

Necroposy, not autopsy.

[@jangodarkblade3360]

These guys are amazing, especially the guy who jumped head first onto that python

[@brandonrahe]

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[@cameron1008]

Honestly I'm terrified of snakes and i usually hate them but i don't like people hunting/killing pythons. It's probably because i grew up with a 9 foot boa but it's the only snake im terrified of but still really don't want to see hurt. I think large pythons are beautiful and it hurts me to see them hurt. I know that they have a good reason and it can't really be helped. And I'm not going to blame them for doing it or say that they are wrong. Its just sucks.

[@tammyrogne1471]

Wow, just saw a Joe Rogan podcast yday where he's talking about there being 150,000 pythons in the everglades and how they're turning on gators for a food source!

[@jayteeolly]

Tammy Rogne me too

[@dg-qn5mi]

Same

[@tammyrogne1471]

@RYAN SEACREST I bet you're right!

[@ryanschmidt3913]

Anacondas in the Amazon will eat caiman, one species of which can grow slightly larger than alligators. Animals generally eat anything they can kill and safely ingest.

[@brandonm30]

@@ryanschmidt3913 anacondas are around 150lb on average and upwards of 200lb but a large adult alligator is 1000lb and 14ft long and snakes swallow 1fourth of there body length and don't eat anything that exceeds there body weight otherwise they can't move and would be preyed upon by pantanal jaguars

[@erickachristian9803]

It's kind of sad because she was a beaut! Healthy, gorgeous color and pattern too! But it must be done. Fantastic catch dudes!

[@johnnyt8286]

How long do you think she lived?

[@erickachristian9803]

@@johnnyt8286 1-24 hours? I hate to think about that because I love animals! But I also uderstand over population, especially when it effects the ecosystem! But my hope is that someone appreciated this gorgeous giant and reocated it?

[@johnnyt8286]

@@erickachristian9803 no I meant like how old do you think the snake was ?

[@erickachristian9803]

@@johnnyt8286 Thats a hard question for me because it had a fantastic and bountiful food source, but Ill give it a shot? 4?

[@dar213311]

This is so sad. I lived in Florida in the early 2000's and kept snakes. Reptile stores were everywhere and I was too young to understand wild caught snakes. I had Ball pythons and a smaller Suriname Red tail Boa (which was wild caught and only lived 5 years) but I was in awe when I saw a Burmese Python in a store. I can see how it got out of hand. I'm in my 30's now and keep fish aquariums but avoid wild caught fish. I'd love to breed fish species that are extinct in the wild soon.

[@papatorr3669]

Sounds like you're sorry they caught wild animals like snakes and fish. And sounds like you were clueless that YOU, along with hundreds others WERE the problem that came to this COMPLETE CATASTROPHE anhilating 90%of fury mammals in the Everglades which will soon be renamed The Not-Foreverglades thanks to your ilk!

[@logansavage9333]

They aren't native to the Everglades thats why they are doing what they are doing and it's good

[@tose5566]

@@logansavage9333how’s it good

[@erickanew]

​@Tose it stops several animals from dying and ruining the ecosystem. Pythons were never supposed to be there. Whenever you remove or add an animal to the ecosystem everything is threatened

[@gehriglewis6270]

Did you watch the video? It clearly explains it. They’re extremely invasive and killing native populations

[@smeagolisavolsfan1589]

I feel bad for the snakes especially the big pregnant mama snakes. I wish we could give them back to Asia😂

[@boop9284]

"Group Hug!!!" "I love the smell of humans in the morning" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@monicac2834]

Lmao that python knew what time it was! I laughed so hard when that man jumped on his head

[@rickyspanish5326]

I'd be out there with a 12 gauge and 5 boxes of amo having a blast literally

[@RailVisionaries]

Python Catcher: They are animals, they are beautiful, we need to make sure they aren't harmed Python Catcher 1 minute later: weighing the dead python with a forklift and cutting its guts out

[@nicole4352]

Sad to see beautiful creatures like this go, but if the trade-off is saving entire species it's got to be done. Can't adopt out 1k+ snakes when they get to be 15 feet on average after all

[@mikemccabe1594]

Nicole adopting them out is how this problem started in the first place.

[@nicole4352]

@@mikemccabe1594 Yes and no actually. Too many reptile vendors don't make sure people know just how big their animal is going to get. You buy a little lizard the size of your ring finger and three years later you have a four foot+ Nile monitor that requires a huge space, a personal pool, and is incredibly aggressive - I actually saw this at a reptile show a year or so back. Same thing for these constrictors. Then you get idiots who want the giant snakes but can't handle them. They buy babies and get rid of them when they realize proper enclosures for these snakes are massive (most snakes need enclosures at least their full length to be comfortable). Or, yes, they adopt juveniles/adults then realize they can't feed/house/care for/don't actually want a giant snake in their house. The responsible ones try to get rescues to take them in, but many rescues can't house these snakes either. Adoption is difficult because not many people want them. So you get these same morons releasing their snakes into the wild, not caring what happens to the native species or the snakes themselves. It's a crap situation all around.

[@princeofdatny]

Nicole Your ”professional” reptile owners are the reason they got out and have become a problem. Large snakes DO NOT make good pets. Point Blank

[@urielfulgencio5285]

Pythons exist as a top predator in the Everglades Floridians exist : I’m about to end this mans whole career

[@OverlordViciousKiwi]

The Python doesn't know it's doing wrong, just like us trying to survive

[@lionelmessi-qd6nv]

How about burning the whole Everglades ?? Jk

[@Cmcmillen77]

"BE CAREFUL" *Jumps down onto the snake*

[@pinatajuju4471]

Them eggs are big...wonder if them is tasty?

[@jenniferbringman9054]

Stop selling them in the US!

[@loretta2539]

I had a customer who came in to my work ( I handle snakes for a living) and they were from florida. We chatted and the husband told me that before heading up to washington, he went into their garage to finish their packing and he saw a 20 - 23 footer python chilling in the center of his garage. He said "I seen the damn thing and turned around, told my wife and continued to put our bags in the car. when we start to hop in the car, the damn thing slithered off, he just wanted to check on us"

[@lastname_firstname_807]

Owning evasive animals should require license, permit, yearly visits, and in some cases nueter, or spayed before purchasing.

[@shchorss]

Florida just straight up banned the ownership of pythons. Venomous snakes require multiple permits, hundreds of hours in apprenticeships, yearly inspections, and strict laws, and yet it's pretty common to hear on the news that some escape. It's time to just make them outright illegal.

[@DamnItMantis]

You can't spay or neuter a snake.

[@DamnItMantis]

@@shchorss Nah. I own a python and will never support them being made illegal.

[@resonatorneuronium5324]

Evasive animals lmao get it right mate it’s invasive. Dictionary time for you.

[@resonatorneuronium5324]

Cats and dogs are invasive animals if you put them somewhere they don’t belong.

[@dreadpiraterobertsii4420]

These men are doing God’s work. Thank yous for saving this ecosystem

[@Andy-yo3hd]

Wrong! God's work is to have a paradise as it was in the beginning where all his creation can live together in peace. These men are simply trying to correct another man made problem.

[@malacki6554]

@@Andy-yo3hd Man-made problem? I think you need to do some research on invasive species

[@Andy-yo3hd]

@@malacki6554 So I suppose they all took flights over from Asia by themselves did they?

[@supervegeta101]

They should open up the bounty to the public.

[@dburgd99]

They had a hard time getting the okay to do this because they don't want hunting in these protected areas. So its an application process. Imagine some untrained person out there.no thank you.. But clearly the problem is so out of control these few people who are allowed will only be of minimal help.

[@yankeedoodledandeefirecrac7518]

NEED HUNDREDS OF HUNTERS NOT 25...

[@welcome159ify]

"DOGGONE!! LOOK AT THAT THANG!!" I'm so done! 😂😂💀💀

[@buddyboy1559]

4:11 Them: Has a group hug while holding a python Me: Stressing from my kitchen in Canada

[@jeremyanger8427]

HaHa same exact thing but in Michigan

[@kendallhill1734]

"Easy, easy, easy" proceeds to trip, fall, and dive onto the snake.

[@FlatlandMando]

Pretty rough & tumble to get success out there

[@lairdriver]

Fun fact: Pythons ended up in Florida swap lands after a hurricane destroyed a lizard rescue. They then bred like rabbits. These Pythons are massive and have big appetites

[@edwinfox1475]

Then ate all the Rabbits.

[@brazymoneybaggmelo2398]

Fun fact: they literally said that in the beginning of the video 🤣😂

[@YaoEspirito]

Thanks for regurgitating exactly what the video said.

[@elizablakely9394]

They literally mentioned Hurricane Andrew in the video

[@thewatcher4552]

Man's carelessness destroying the earth.....even more.

[@mrgoob76]

*The Watcher* its an invasive species you fucking moron

[@CyberDocUSA]

@@mrgoob76 yes, because humans have imported them from others countries as pets. Try to be civil and you can join the rest of us in polite discourse.

[@iamnemoo]

No shit, but it's morons who want them as pets, illegally buy them and release them out in the wild

[@carterdyson6732]

@@iamnemoo So everyone with a snake is responsible for every bad snake owner? Do you think everyone with a dog is responsible for every bad dog owner? What about people with outdoor cats, which are a far more damaging invasive species than pythons, is every cat owner responsible for that? It is also not illegal to buy Burmese pythons, you just need a permit in certain parts of the country.

[@carterdyson6732]

@We're Not Finished Yet That does not answer any of my questions.

[@jimmyjohns8199]

Having a reticulated python around your neck isn't the brightest idea

[@svetliodoychinov5580]

reporter: "By unleashing an even deadlier force: FLORIDIANS" me: "You mean floridamen."

[@Ghostmaste]

I am From Florida and I approve those messages

[@mikezimmerman2786]

Ban exotic animal imports that are non native

[@babecat2000]

Or they are only allowed in places where they can't survive in the wild

[@subdued8030]

Love how you guys put a video of an anaconda in the beginning

[@Simba______]

Clicky-bait.

[@Marcus-ly5cu]

Floridians in New York to bounty hunt rats. I wanna see that.

[@billybay7248]

Actually there's a video on that 😂😂

[@C.kirk1287]

Python Cowboy is the Floridian I ❤️ watching 💯🙌🏽

[@leemureithi6461]

Doggone! Look at that thing😝. They always say that!

[@sickofthissh]

Great work. Save our native species; prosecute anyone caught releasing non-natives into the State of Florida.

[@bimfred]

and shoot all the cats

[@brandonrahe]

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[@johnschultz8906]

It really is amazing the amount of damage these invasive species cause but yet again you can only blame humans you know pythons didn't slither here on their own and they're only doing what come natural to all living creatures that's to survive