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  • PYTHON HUNTERS

DESCRIPTION

Over ten thousand Burmese pythons are living and breeding out of control in the Florida Everglades. They have no natural predators; they eat four times as much as an alligator; and if they’re not stopped, they could destroy one of America’s most important ecosystems. Now an elite squad is fighting back. In this explosive new docu-soap we follow three of the most charismatic licensed python hunters on dangerous missions as they fight to save the Everglades from the python threat.

EPISODE GUIDE

  • Python Hunters: Death By Viper
    Cold winters have been keeping Florida's Burmese python population in check, so the hunters head off to tackle Costa Rica's deadliest snakes.
  • Python Hunters: Amazon Anaconda
    The team go off-road in Peru, searching for the mighty green anaconda – and meet a massive bushmaster viper on the way.
  • Python Hunters: Stalking The Anaconda
    After tracking down the green anaconda, the hunters seek out another rare species – the black caiman, which can grow to 20 feet long.
  • Python Hunters: Rattlesnake Roundup
    Back home, the team seek one of Florida's most abundant rattlesnakes. They collect a bucket full of the tiny but aggressive dusky pygmy.
  • Python Hunters: Lizards Of Oz
    On a road trip across Australia, the guys try to outwit a speedy Australian sand monitor, and find a dangerous king brown snake.
  • Python Hunters: Deadly Down Under
    At the northern tip of the Great Barrier Reef, the guys try to catch sea snakes and the deadly box jellyfish, which can only be caught by hand.
  • Python Hunters: Cane Toad Madness
    The hunters meet Bob Irwin, father of late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, and witness the devastation wrought by invasive amphibians.
  • Python Hunters: Snake Infested Island
    The hunters visit Guam, a Pacific island overrun with invasive species including brown tree snakes and the coconut rhinoceros beetle.
  • Python Hunters: Cobras In The City
    Faced with a huge flood in Bangkok, Thailand, the hunters search for stowaway vipers, and catch giant lizards downtown.
  • Python Hunters: Bangkok Beasts
    In flood-ravaged Thailand, the team dig for deadly cobras, wrestle a mammoth crocodile, and seek a Burmese python in its native habitat.
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