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He got hit by a car. >> two hours into our hunt suddenly he is on it. he sees one. >> yeah, baby! look at the size of this one. >> reporter: skillfully he grabs it behind the head. it instantly coils around his arm. he will lock it into a crate and take it to the national park biologist to be studied and destroyed. first we have to untangle it from his arm. this isnt a good one. >> that is a good ten feet. >> nah. >> at least 12. >> he doesnt get paid. it is voluntary. he knows they have to be e...

Release it in the wild. what should they do with it? >> please send it to a zoo, a rehabilitation center, wildlife rehabilitation center. it is against the law in florida to release 9/11 dij nous species. you shouldnt do it anywhere in the states. take it somewhere and let it be taken care of professionally. >> what is the most difficult thing about catching a python? >> finding them. catching them is the easy pard. >> with a snake that big it wraps around you. isnt that how a python kills its p...

All the special needs kids? >> do we know whats happened? the kids? >> its my belief one of the -- the eldest daughter agreed to take the children. thats the best place for them. she had a relationship with them. they were her brothers and sisters and i believe thats where they are now. >> stacey on wits, we appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thank you. i want to remind you, join the live chat at ac360.com. share your thoughts with erica and i and other viewers watching right now. abo...

To release nonindigenous species. you shouldnt do it anywhere in the states. take it somewhere and let it be taken care of professionally. >> what is the most difficult thing about catching a python? >> finding them. finding them. i love catching them. catching them is the easy part. finding them is the hard part. >> it doesnt look -- with a snake that big, though, it wraps around you pretty quickly. basically, i mean, isnt that how a python kills its prey ultimately by wrapping around and smoth...

>> yeah. >> 100,000 to go. >> unbelievable. here with us is the python hunter. joe, thanksing if being with us. are there really 100,000 of these snakes out there? >> we really cant put a number on it at 100,000 or 150,000. it is so new in the game. we flow is a lot. >> they are a danger to the ecosome. they change the entire ecosystem when a new predator is produced. are they a threat to humans? >> you know, where pythons come from, burmese pythons, there has never been a human killed and eaten...

Arms and legs and that is how it defended itself. >> you volunteer for this? >> yes. i dont get paid for this. >> why do you do this? >> i love snakes. >> you love snakes. >> yeah. i love snakes. there are a lot of people like me. we want to try to help this problem. well never get all the pythons out of the everglades. they are here to stay. hope we can manage them. >> thanks very much. stay safe. missing explosive, blocks of tnt, dynamite, stolen. later, "the shot" a lightning strike and o...

When the snake coiled around me that was defensive. i had it and it doesnt have arms and legs and that is how it defended itself. >> you volunteer for this? >> yes. i dont get paid for this. for ? >> yes. i dont get paid for this. >> why do you do it? >> i love snakes. >> you love snakes. >> yeah, i love snakes. you know, theres a lot of people like me out there. we want to try to help this problem. we want to try to help it out. well never get all the pythons ut of the everglades. theyre here t...

Being with us. are there really 100,000 of these snakes out there? >> we really cant put a number on it at 100,000 or 150,000. or 50,000. it is so new in the game. we really dont have an idea. we know there is a lot. >> they are a danger to the ecosystem. when a new predator is introduced. weve seen that around the world. are they a threat to humans? >> you know, where pythons come from, where they originate, burmese pythons, theres never been a human killed and eaten by one. i highly doubt that...

Tonight i threw a rock at it because it was laying there. i just saw the sight of it. as soon as i get a kind of turned around and threw to me and i was like oh no, this is why violence on the pair went and got her uncle. he came back with a rifle and killed it. florida wildlife managers say this latest find is evidence that these exotic snakes should either escaped or been illegally released into the everglades are thriving and spreading across the state spewing you have seen the ads youve hear...

At sea for about three days before it capsized. a trapper, not a plumber, had to be called in to fix a clogged drain in florida thats because of that guy. 14-foot python decided to call it home. it took more than an hour for the trapper and his son to charm the snake out of the sewer. he says it wasnt about to be evicted. >> it lunged at me twice, hissing the whole time. i hated to do it, but i did have to hit him up side the head a couple of times. >> officials believe it may have been a pet ...