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The Wild with Chris Morgan

Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 2

The Wild with Chris Morgan

KUOW News and Information

Science, Nature

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

How science is being used to try to solve what seems like a losing battle.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Previously on The Wild.

0:03.2

Ready, Cap?

0:04.3

Morning, raised.

0:05.1

Good night.

0:05.6

Stop!

0:06.0

Hi, Bob!

0:07.2

I thought that there was room for another apex predator in the Everglades,

0:10.8

and now look at me, and I couldn't have been more wrong.

0:14.8

Do you ever get anyone in here asking for snakes that are illegal to sell?

0:19.1

Um, once a week, every week, probably.

0:23.2

I used to hold them, they didn't bother me.

0:25.3

They're amazing creatures, aren't they?

0:26.8

I challenge you even to go to Everglades National Park and find a single squirrel, raccoon,

0:32.4

fox, possum, deer.

0:34.8

That's what we're going to be left with if we do nothing.

0:48.0

I'm back in South Florida in the Everglades on the edge of a dirt road next to a canal.

0:52.9

It looks pretty similar to where I met Anthony Flanagan and Kevin Pavledis, the two

0:57.6

Python bounty hunters.

1:00.0

Out in front of me, a miles and miles of Marshalland.

1:04.7

Today, we're diving back into the Burmese Python problem, but this time, we're doing something

1:10.3

a little different.

1:11.8

Okay, here she comes.

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