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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 isn't a good one. >> that is a good ten feet. >> nah. >> at least 12. >> he doesn't get paid. it is voluntary. he knows they have to be eliminated. he has a soft spot for the reptile. >> guess what? it is not this snake's fault. he did...

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 shouldn't 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. isn't that how a python kills its prey, wrapping around? >> they are constrictors. we are not natural prey. they are cryptic. one can...

All the special needs kids? >> do we know what's happened? the kids? >> it's my belief one of the -- the eldest daughter agreed to take the children. that's the best place for them. she had a relationship with them. they were her brothers and sisters and i believe that's 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. about to log on myself. ahead tonight, new information in the michael jackson investigation. new ...

To release nonindigenous species. you shouldn't 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 doesn't look -- with a snake that big, though, it wraps around you pretty quickly. basically, i mean, isn't that how a python kills its prey ultimately by wrapping around and smothering it? >> yeah, they're constrictors. but they know they're not going to eat -- we're not natu...

>> 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 can't 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 by one. i highly doubt that will happen in florida in the everglades that is. >> what is -- how se...