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So what happened to all the pythons? we are thrilled that the weather was so cold in south florida this year that it may have killed 40% to 50% of those reptiles of concern. reporter: that may be conservative. the pythons simply couldn t handle the persistent record-cold temperatures. scientists say the lid nature put on the pythons won t last. a few warm winters, they say, and the snakes will be back. but for now, nature has taken care of the problem humans couldn t get a handle on. john zarrella, cnn in the florida everglades. snake hunt wig ing with no s. that s the best way. time for the top stories. the worst flooding in 200 years, soaking rhode island, leaving residents from maine to connecticut either without home or without power. one rhode island bridge on the verge of collapsing, and if it does, it could take out several dams downstream. sewage systems sorry taxed that ....
Handle the persistent record-cold temperatures. scientists say the lid nature put on the pythons won t last. a few warm winters, they say, and the snakes will be back. but for now, nature has taken care of the problem humans couldn t get a handle on. john zarrella, cnn in the florida everglades. well, if you re going to go on a snake hunt for pythons, i know i would rather not come across one, but it is bad that you can t find any pythons there. there you go. as he said, man couldn t do it. it was mother nature that ended up freezing 40% to 50% of those poor snakes. finally, finally, final l drying out in the northeast. record-warm temperatures on wait. have an old 401k? ....
The weeds and take it into custody. reporter: we found one on the side of the heavily traveled road while tagging along with the wildlife special lift, joe. yeah, baby! look at the size of this, huh? reporter: the nature conservancy taught park, police and utility workers how to catch them. not easy. the fear was these invasive species were overrunning the everglades. they numbered perhaps 100,000 and spreading out. that was last summer. now, suddenly, the snakes have disappeared. something changed. a state-sanctioned one-time python hunting season is under way. but no one is catching much of anything. like i always tell everybody, it s like trying to find a needle in a haystack when looking for the snakes. reporter: and the everglades is one big haystack. josh hunts pythons. we ve been out with him twice slogging through the glades. look at this mud we re going through now. ....
i always tell everybody, it s like trying to find a needle in the haystack when looking for the snakes. reporter: and the everglades is one big haystack. josh hunts pythons. we ve been out with him twice slogging through the glades. look at this mud we re going through now. reporter: climbing on rock piles, looking through disregarded metal. nothing? nothing. reporter: so you think this is a pretty good day to find snakes, right? this should be a textbook day. it s nice and sunny. reporter: apparently, the pythons didn t read the book. we even tried at night. a nice, beautiful little snake. reporter: a native species, not a threat. we also went out with joe, the wildlife biologist. we walked miles of country, not a single snake in the grass. just oh, my god. slow, it s a gator. a big gator over here. reporter: how long is he? oh, he s a good ten foot. reporter: he s a good size. ....
Then my next idea was okay, maybe get alongside him, use my public address system and try to talk tom. jon sykes said he had received a recall notice for his car but when he brought it to the toyota dealer, the dealer turned him away. jane: your pistols, shotguns, rifles, the season is underway to kill exotic rep tiles threatening the wildlife there, they are calling on hunters to eradicate the pythons, large-scale lizards as well. george gutierrez is with us to explain how you get this done. for viewers not familiar with this, talk to me how much of a problem particularly the huge pythons are. they grow to be pretty big. good morning, jane. they re a huge problem in south florida, they re an exot o clock species, they don t exotic species, they don t belong in south florida, they eat animals, prey on an dangered species ....