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Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 1

The Wild with Chris Morgan

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The Battle of Life and Death in the Everglades

Mike Kirkland is a senior invasive animal biologist at the South Florida Water Management District. A video of a python holding an alligator under water and drowning it went viral in January of 2017. Mike's official team gets paid for removing Burmese pythons from the Everglades. In addition to an hourly rate, each bounty hunter is paid by the foot.

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