As the battle rages against the serpents...
the hunters learn a bone-chilling truth.
Everything's gone out here: eaten up, all the wildlife.
The invasion is spreading...
-Aah! -Oh!
...beyond their wildest fears.
That's not a Burmese python.
And the marauding pythons...
I'm coming to you. Aah!
...are only one of the enemies.
-What is it, Zak? -See it? Grab his tail!
Aah!
-Watch it! -Aah!
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
In the mangrove islands along the Gulf Coast...
Them mangroves are so thick.
Them snakes are all over in there.
...Troy and Pickle are following a hunch.
The snakes, it only makes sense
that they would be moving in every direction
looking for food.
This little island,
since it's so close to the Gulf,
there's an abundant supply of turtles,
so Pee-wee and I wanna go check it out.
I really think it's a good idea.
The snakes have moved that far west.
With a subtropical climate,
Florida is home to more than 30 species of turtles,
including five types of sea turtles
that nest on Florida's beaches
and are easy prey for the invading serpents.
Oh, Pee-wee, see? See, see?
That's a snake trail going into the back. Yup.
-That's a snake trail? -Yup.
That's definitely a snake trail.
Man.
Look at that. What's that?
Look like a giant turtle track, huh?
Look how wide, about two foot apart.
Oh, look at that big nest right there.
Looks like a big, giant turtle nest right here.
See how these--
Oh, yeah, look at it.
Turtle eggs.
We found a big turtle nest that's been eaten up.
A snake ate all the little turtle eggs for sure.
Oh, look, they got a whole little trail going.
Look at the snake trail.
Oh, yeah, that's what that is.
That's not a little trail, that's a big trail.
They're moving for food.
All right, well, let's go see if we could follow this.
Little path right there.
Ooh, Pee-wee, we gotta step on 'em in here
to be able to spot 'em.
I know. Man, that's scary.
They get right under your feet before you can see them.
Oh! Pee-wee, Pee-wee, Pee-wee! Watch him, watch him.
Look right there, on that log, by that log.
Oh, look at this thing.
Look at the color of it in this jungle.
You ain't lying. Oh, they're so camouflaged.
Watch him, Pee-wee.
She's protecting her tail. She's curling up.
Aah!
Ooh, be careful.
Ooh, that thing is pissed. You hear her?
-Mm-hmm. -That's a young snake, too.
Aah!
She's looking right at you.
Ha!
Aah!
She's protecting that tail, dude.
Uh! Aah!
-Oh! -Man.
-Aah! -Ay!
Ooh, she wants you bad. Come here, you.
Here, Look at me. Hey, here you go.
Hey, got her.
Aah! Ooh-hoo-hoo.
-Did she get you? -No, no, come close, though.
-Whew! -Whoo!
Capturing this juvenile confirms Troy's hunch
that the snakes are spreading beyond the Glades.
We've seen evidence of turtle nests that's been eaten.
There's turtles that's been eaten.
You can tell the snakes are here.
There's so much sign of 'em.
-Man. Aah!
-Be careful. [both laugh]
-Scared me. -That's a young snake.
Look, her head's not even developed yet.
Yeah. You would never dream
that such a beautiful place is overtaken by these pythons.
They're destroying all the nests and all the little baby turtles,
and you would hope that they haven't migrated this far down.
-Ready? One, two, three. -Yeah. Go ahead.
But they have.
I guarantee this is the one
that ate them turtle eggs.
This is his territory.
It ain't but right over there.
Yeah, about 150 feet.
Okay, we gotta go back right where we was going this way.
-Over there?
-You ready? -Yeah. Whoo!
Another one in the bag. Turtle eater.
35 miles away,
Zak is taking Aaron
to a place that is overrun by invasive species.
This is a place where people just drop off all their pets.
I'm not talking about cats and dogs, dude.
I'm talking about reptiles,
all types of stuff that's worth money.
I'm taking Aaron to a place I call the Dumping Grounds,
where people come out here and they dump their unwanted pets.
For decades, pet owners
have released their unwanted pets into the Everglades,
causing an exploding population of invasive species
and creating a crisis in America's largest wetlands.
Right now it's been an influx of all types of things out here.
Caimans, chameleons, geckos, you name it.
People dumping their pets is kind of how
this whole invasive thing started
down here in South Florida.
It seems harmless
because you're just getting rid of your pet,
giving it a new life in the wild.
But in actuality, you're causing a whole new problem,
and that's what we're trying to stop.
Looks like a good place that people would dump stuff.
It's just kind of middle of nowhere.
Yeah. Let's see what we can find.
All right, Aaron, this is it, man.
Let's see what we can find out here.
Then we can make some extra money.
Four miles away,
Bill and Tes look for pythons
along the old trails around Bill's camp.
These trails around the camp when it's dry
is the best time to take this rig out there and hunt back.
There's been trails around here long before it was ever my camp.
And every year, I like to go around my perimeter
and check all my trails.
You can barely see anything, it's so thick.
Yeah, it's thick. Like a jungle.
Keep an eye out on the sides there.
The advantage of the side-by-side
is you can get into tight areas.
You can turn a lot sharper than you can the buggy.
Watch your face.
On the side-by-side,
you're seeing less, but you can react quicker.
If you spot something, you can be on it immediately.
Bill, there's one right here!
He's right there. Bill!
All right, I'm coming. Hang on.
-Okay, okay. -Get him, get him.
Get him.
Okay, okay. I've got him right here.
-We need you. -Caught in these frickin' vines.
I'm coming. Don't let him get away.
Oh, his eyes are all muggy.
-Oh, he's coiled up, yeah. -He can't see anything.
He's getting ready to shed.
-Watch out. -Watch him.
He's gonna just snap at anything that he can.
Ooh.
Ooh, watch him, he's a striker.
See if we can wear him down.
Yeah, he can't see a thing. Look at how blind he is.
No, he's just hearing us.
I don't even know how we're gonna get him.
We can't even get his tail.
All I'm gonna have to do is just go in hard and fast.
Okay. He's looking right at me.
He can feel your vibration.
He can't see very well, but he can feel your vibration.
Right. Just looks like
he's just kinda guessing at where we are.
Kind of makes it more dangerous.
You just distract him.
Okay, I'll keep him looking over here.
You gotta get him, Bill, you gotta get him there.
-Going. I'm going fast. -Yeah, get him.
Aah!
Ooh.
All right, let's get him off.
Little bastard. Don't break your teeth off.
Oh, I got him a little too far back.
You know, we're always gonna get bit
doing this kind of work,
and this python seemed like he was real lethargic,
so I kinda let my guard down.
I unfortunately grabbed the snake a little far back,
and he turned around and nailed me.
Oh, man.
Well, sometimes you gotta take a risk.
-You did indeed. -Good eye.
I can't believe you saw this.
I mean, he blended in
with this ground so perfectly.
I just kind of saw him through the bushes.
There was a little glimmer and that was it.
-You okay? -Oh, yeah. Look.
I didn't feel any teeth break off.
-I saw one pull out. -Okay.
If it was easy, everybody would be out here doing this.
No kidding. It sucks any time you get bit,
but, you know, as long as you keep your eye on the prize,
you can usually fight through it.
This is some dangerous land you've got.
Danger is my business.
This nine-footer will bring $300.
We've still got some more hunting to do, that's for sure.
17 miles northwest,
python hunter Dusty Crum
is trying to prevent an early end to his season.
-Hey, Betty, what's up? -Nothing much.
I came to look at that leg you called me about.
Thanks for coming over so quick.
After suffering a serious injury last year,
the pain in Dusty's leg has returned with a vengeance.
It just ain't been healing, you know, right.
Dusty has invited his friend Betty Osceola,
a Seminole Indian healer, for help.
I didn't want to go to the doctor or nothin'.
Figured I'd call you, you know.
Well, here I am.
I was in the hospital for five weeks, man.
About lost my leg.
Was in a bad crash,
and I'm riding that pain train, you know,
my knee and my leg.
Betty, she's agreed to come over and help me.
And she knows every plant
and every little thing in these Everglades to heal.
I brought me some clay, some bentonite clay,
some gauze to keep it clean
while you're out there running around looking for those snakes.
You know, the bentonite clay,
you know, I've healed third degree burns with it.
It's gonna dry it up, but it's also gonna cool the leg.
For hundreds of years, Florida's Indigenous people
have used roots, herbs, and other natural ingredients
to treat physical ailments.
The treatments are prepared and administered
by a tribal medicine man or woman.
-It's soothing, right? -Yeah, right.
Ah, it feels so good.
Immediately when she put that clay on,
son, it was like frickin' water on a fire, man.
My leg just started soothing out.
It was like finally some relief, man.
Mm. It's taking the sting right out of it.
Yeah, that's good. That's what we want.
Ahh.
Indigenous people had some type of knowledge
to take care of themselves, especially out here.
She got the thing wrapped up now.
I'm feeling great, man. I feel like a box of champions.
You know, not just one champion, a whole box full.
Man, thank you, Betty.
You know, I gotta get back to work,
and I appreciate you helping me out.
We need you back out there
because someone has to hunt down those snakes.
Because I know I'm not doing it.
What you're doing is good.
I know it's helping my people.
Well, that's good that we can help each other, Betty.
Yeah. Help each other somehow.
-Thank you. -No, thank you.
Good seeing you.
Safe travels.
All right, thank you.
35 miles away, Zak and Aaron hunt an area
known as a dumping ground for exotic pets.
I think he went this way.
Yeah, it looks traveled back here a little bit, don't it?
I've found all different types
of released pets back here:
geckos, lizards, chameleons.
You never know what you're gonna find.
Aaron.
What is it, Zak? You see it?
Come on.
Dude, yeah! It's a massive monitor lizard!
-Oh, my gosh! -Come here, big boy.
Grab his tail! Grab his tail! Ah!
Dude, this thing is a monster!
Look at the size of this thing!
Thing is huge. Come here.
It's a frickin' monitor.
That's a rare find out here, man.
Don't let him bite you.
-Don't let him bite you, Zak. -Come on, come on.
Get on the other side of him. Aah!
I got him, I got him.
Don't let him get tangled up in there.
Nice.
Look at him dragging the whole swamp out, dude.
He's got those giant claws, man.
Don't get whipped. I have his tail down right now.
He's a monster, man.
He's been eating good out here for a long time.
He doesn't wanna--
Ah, look at him tearing up the floor down there.
Come here. Aw, don't climb, don't climb, don't climb.
Don't climb. Don't climb. Don't climb.
I got him, I got him. I don't wanna lose his tail.
-Oh, my gosh! -Whoo!
Look at that thing.
That's a white-throat monitor.
Look how thick he is.
Grab him behind the head if you can.
There you go. Oh, man, got him.
-Wow. -Gotcha, gotcha.
Watch that tail. He'll whip you.
-Man, he is stout. -Watch that tail.
Grabbing it, it was literally grabbing the whole swamp.
Finding this thing
is not only gonna be a massive payday for us,
but it's stopping a lot of unnecessary deaths
of the native animals out here in the Everglades.
-Man, he is stout. -Support this thing.
He'll tail-whip the guts out of you.
I'm gonna grab this right here.
Look, he's already trying to whip.
Out here, nothing can stop this thing.
Even if they could catch this thing,
it can whip you with its tail.
It has claws that are like talons,
and they just wreak havoc wherever they are.
-I got him. Got him. -You got him?
Look at that.
I've seen them in the pet stores growing up as a kid.
They're usually about eight, 10 inches long.
I have never seen one this big ever in my life.
Native to Sub-Saharan Africa
and popular in the international pet trade,
the white-throated lizard is a carnivorous reptile.
It uses its massive claws to prey on small animals.
You hardly ever see these things, man.
Look at those claws, man. Whoo!
I'm not trying to get bit. Look at that.
-Dude. -Somebody must have dumped him.
I told you, man.
These things are so destructive, man.
They get a nest and just eat all the eggs up,
all the babies, whatever it is.
These things take everything out.
-Throw this bad boy in here. -Don't let him get you.
I'm not trying to get bit, dude. Do not bite me.
Oh, man, he's strong, he's strong.
Hold on, hold on. Don't get whipped.
Don't get bit. It's not funny.
Yup. Go ahead, drop him in.
-Oh, my gosh. -Drop him, drop him, drop him.
Look at the size of this monster.
Watch his tail.
This massive white-throated monitor lizard
does not bring a bounty from the state of Florida,
but because it's not a regulated species,
it can be sold for as much as $3,000.
I'm not leaving him out here.
No, it's too valuable.
We're gonna hang him up at Bill's camp.
We'll come back for him later.
Luckily Bill's camp isn't too, too far out of our way.
So I'm gonna take this bad boy,
and we're gonna come back and cash in.
We got a lot more money to make, baby.
Let's go drop this bad boy off.
Then we'll get back to snake hunting, all right?
Let's do it.
Just west of the Everglades,
pythons have found new hunting grounds.
This look like a drag mark right here,
like a big turtle.
That's what we're looking for.
Yup, that's a turtle.
And the shell. They walk like that.
The snakes are chasing these turtles now
because they pretty much ate everything in this area.
You know, what's for dinner has always been the question.
Okay, listen. This is an area we not used to.
I'm not familiar with it.
-See them big, big pine trees? -Yeah.
The top of them big pines?
-So you go to the right. -All right.
I'll go to the left and we're gonna meet up at them big pines.
There's gotta be a little way in around here somewhere.
Oh, yeah. Just be careful, okay?
All right. Straight that way.
-Yup. -All right.
Keep your eyes on them big pine trees.
Splitting up like this, I don't like it.
It's just too thick,
and we're trying to find pythons.
But this is what we decide to do,
so we both going our separate ways.
We're gonna try to make it in to this point.
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Snake, snake, snake, snake!
Oh, look at this thing.
[laughs]
Aah! Look at this snake.
Oh, my God.
Where is Pee-wee?
Oh, look at that.
Oh, man.
Another turtle shell.
That's a shame.
Oh, snake!
Oh!
Oh, man, look at the size of this thing.
Oh, I gotta get to that tail.
I gotta get to that tail.
Ay-yi-yi!
Mm. Ooh, and she's pissed.
Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi!
All right, calm down, Troy Landry, calm down.
She won't take her eyes off of me.
Oh! Son of a bitch.
Oh!
Ooh, Lord have mercy.
Uh-uh.
Whoo! Lord have mercy, where's my helper?
Get out of there, you.
Oh, it's strong.
Hey. Whew.
Look at the size of this thing.
You're the turtle eater, huh?
Yeah, you're the turtle eater.
Mm.
Get out. Oh, she's pushing.
Ooh, he's trying to get out my hand.
This is what I worry about Pee-wee.
When they start wrapping like that,
they hard to hold, dude.
The hardest thing, I guess,
would be, honestly, putting 'em in the sack.
Because these snakes are so heavy for me,
and you can't really-- I don't know.
It's like trying to put a baby in a diaper.
No more turtles for you. Whew.
Oh. These snakes been here.
Two or three years these snakes been here.
We just learning this area and getting here today,
but them snakes been here.
We late. We should've been here.
No more turtles, you hear me?
I think this way. Let's go.
In Dusty's neck of the woods,
hoping to get back to python hunting,
Dusty puts his leg to the test.
Stuff gets thick in here.
This stuff will cut you like a papercut.
Something in it's poison.
It really gets infected, you know.
If a little sliver cut you, bud,
it'd be burning for weeks.
Where they at?
That big old hawk up there, son.
Looks like a dang red-shoulder hawk, huh?
[whistles]
They like to nest around where snakes nest
'cause once them babies start hatching,
they picking 'em up like candy, son.
Them birds know a lot more than we do.
Ooh, crap! Snake, snake!
Whoa!
Aah, watch out, bud.
Watch out, son.
Oh, my God.
A frickin' big one, son.
Whoa, whoa!
Watch out, watch out, watch out.
[hisses]
Come on, girl.
Whoa!
Unh!
I gotcha, I gotcha.
Watch it.
Oh, watch it.
Watch it. Watch it.
Ah!
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Capturing this 10-foot python
is not only a great payday,
but a confidence booster for Dusty to keep on hunting.
We gotta get you up out of this swamp.
I'm still riding that pain train,
but there's big snakes in there, son.
It's the land of monsters.
Come on, leg. One step at a time.
Just outside of the Dumping Grounds...
Let's get this thing back to Bill's camp.
Zak and Aaron are making their way to Bill's camp.
This monitor lizard
is worth so much money in the right hands,
and Bill's camp is not that far.
So if we can drop this bad boy off,
we can really continue to hunt our pythons
and make double the money.
Hey, look who it is.
-Well, hey. -Yo, yo, yo!
What y'all got?
I'll tell you what.
It's not slithering.
Might be a little scaly,
but it's worth a lot more than the snakes.
What is it, gold?
May as well be.
What is it?
Give you a hint. This guy has claws.
Seriously?
Just know that this thing costs way more
than any of those snakes in the swamp.
Where'd you find that?
He was out there, you know, sniffing around.
I do know Bill, and I've known him long enough
to know that he's a little curious fella.
As big as he is, he gets like a toddler
when he comes around these giant creatures.
He's just excited to see what we caught.
But I don't want to open this thing
out in the middle of the swamp.
It's not something you want to do.
Can we put this thing back in your camp?
Because I don't wanna leave this thing out in the woods, man.
Usually, Zak is known for hanging snakes in a tree.
You know, he'll catch 'em and hang 'em
and then come back
and pick 'em up on his way back in.
But he's hanging this thing over at my camp,
and I'm like, I wonder what the deal is with this?
I'll show you later, I promise.
-All right. -Good luck, man.
-All right, we'll see you guys. -Bye, boys.
I wonder what the hell they got in there.
Later on when we're done for the day,
we'll open it together as a team.
Definitely hang it high in case it rains or something.
Don't want him to suffocate.
Worth more alive than dead.
Yeah, sweet.
It's a sweet treat for our pockets, dude.
Troy and Pickle have caught seven turtle-eating pythons
and are taking a break.
Found a good spot to sit?
Ooh, yeah, Pee-wee.
Well, I got you a little pick-me-up.
-A who? -It's a little melted.
I'm sorry. But we've been walking around all day.
What's that? Candy?
It's chocolate, man.
Damn, Pee-wee.
That'll make you feel better?
Oh, yeah. That's gonna make feel a lot better.
-[laughs] -Mm-hmm.
Mmm.
That's my favorite.
How they call that? We're gonna savor the moment.
-Savor the moment. -Mm-hmm.
That's that chocolate you gave me
on the boat this alligator season.
Oh, yeah. That's the same kind?
-Mm-hmm. -Okay.
It was in a nice pack, though, the one I had got you.
Mm-hmm. Yeah, I put these on the side
so you don't steal my whole stash.
Why I gave you that pretty box of chocolate?
I must've had a weak moment there.
I must've gotten weak.
What happened? I did something good.
Yeah, yeah, you caught me off guard.
-[laughs] -Thank you, Pee-wee.
That was pretty damn good.
You're welcome.
All right, you ready? Thanks for the candy.
-Let's go. -That taste good, good, good.
Good little pump-up?
That was a good pump-up.
All right, let's continue looking.
Further east on the old trails by Bill's camp,
Bill and Tes continue their hunt, but their thoughts
are still on the encounter with Zak and Aaron.
There's just some weird stuff out here.
-Yeah. -That's for sure.
I wonder what else has just been dumped out here.
You'd be surprised.
This problem that we have down the Everglades
is irresponsible pet owners
just taking their pets and releasing them,
and it's devastating to the ecosystem down here.
They get these pets and they just can't handle them
or don't wanna handle them anymore, throw them out.
Bill, do you see that?
-What is this? -What the hell is that?
What is that?
That's not a Burmese python.
No.
Is that a poisonous snake?
It's not a python.
Is it poisonous?
You gotta be careful with these.
If we're worried it's a venomous snake,
I don't know that we should be right on it, Bill.
Uh, no, it's not. It's some kind of a pet.
-You've seen them before? -Yeah.
It looks like a carpet python.
See how friendly he is?
-A carpet python? -Yeah.
It's somebody's pet. They release all kinds of stuff.
There's all kinds of species out here.
They won't make it, you know.
They're not gonna breed with other ones.
We got lucky to find it.
You are looking me right in the face.
Here, you wanna hold him?
He seems friendly as hell.
They sell them in pet stores, too.
He's all yours.
This carpet python's
got a different pattern on it, you know.
A lot of yellows and blacks in it.
Pretty cool, and it actually has, like, a velvety look to it.
That's probably why they call it a carpet python.
These aren't invasive like the Burmese pythons are.
So this is like an accidental thing that this is out here?
Yeah.
But isn't that how the other ones started, too?
Yeah, but they're not like the Burmese pythons.
These things don't get as big,
and they're not gonna eat deer and stuff like that.
So do we just take him back and...
We could sell him to pet store, I'm sure.
-...bag him? -Let's get him in that.
He's so pretty.
This pet python
is an unexpected but welcome paycheck.
We'll take this back and hang it at the camp.
Okay.
Just a half mile east of Bill's camp,
Zak and Aaron's gamble hunting the Dumping Grounds
is reaping massive rewards.
One, two, three, four,
I don't even know.
We got all these snakes we're picking up,
and we have that bad boy hanging at Bill's camp.
Shoot, that's the moneymaker there.
Let's keep looking, see what else we can find out here.
If we're finding snakes like this,
there's been a lot of meat dropped out here,
-if you know what I'm saying. -Oh, yeah.
Talking about people's pets.
Oh, yeah.
Aaron and I have been crushing it out here.
We caught a giant monitor lizard,
and we've been catching so many snakes, I couldn't be happier.
But we have to keep going. We're right here.
Keep your eyes open in here, man.
Yo!
What is it, Zak?
-Aah! Big one! -Yaah! Watch out, man.
Oh! God!
-Aah! -Heads up!
Almost landed right on his face, like an idiot.
-You're trapped in there. -Yeah, I know it.
Help me out, man, help me out!
Help me out, dude!
I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it.
Coming your way, coming your way, Aaron!
Coming your way.
That thing has a big head, Aaron.
-Oh, yeah, he's a head on-- -Oh!
Ooh, that was close, Zak.
No! Whoo!
Go back that way, go back that way! Whoa!
-This thing's sticking to me. -She does not like you.
Aaron, try to get her attention, man.
-Got her right here. Ready? -Yeah.
Come, there you go.
-Aah! -Yeah, there you go.
-Good job, Zak. -Oh, my God.
Look at that. She wants my face.
Grab that bag out of my pocket, dude.
God, it's a giant.
Imagine you dump your pet out here,
goes right into the jaws of this thing.
That wouldn't be good, would it?
Mm-mm. Ready?
-Aah! Yes! -Sweet.
Come on, come on.
That's what I'm talking about.
After subduing this feisty python,
Zak and Aaron's five snakes will net $1,500,
an impressive paycheck and enough to call it a day.
But first they must collect their prize lizard
from Bill's camp.
We make it back to Bill's camp,
I'm gonna buy my mama something nice.
There you go. [both laugh]
By the old trails, after a long day of bagging snakes,
Bill and Tes return to camp.
That does not look like a snake.
I guarantee it's not. Lookit.
Like a kid at Christmas.
I gotta open that bag and see what's in there.
Careful. Just like, you don't know what's gonna jump out.
Look at those claws.
That looks like a freaking Nile monitor or something.
Are these things all over the place out here?
No, no, they're not.
I wanna check him out.
-You're gonna take it out? -Yeah.
Did you see the claws on this thing?
That thing will rip right out of this bag.
We gotta put him in something more secure.
Whoo-hoo-hoo.
I'm thinking he's got it hanging in a bag.
All it's gonna take is one rip,
and that thing's out and gone.
So I decided let's get it out of the bag
and we'll put it in a secure box.
I've got a thing over here I can stick him in.
Look at this.
Don't let him smack you with that tail.
-Nope. -Ooh!
Let me get him out of here.
Can you run over to the pump and get some water?
-Over at that pumphouse? -Yeah.
I'll find the box I have for him.
Bill, there's one right here!
-A snake? -Yup.
Got a snake out here.
-Across the yard. -That's a good one.
-I know, right. -Oh, watch out.
You want me to catch him or do you want to catch him?
Watch him.
Oh, my God, watch out.
-Watch out. -Ready? Ready?
Get him. Oh, good job.
Good job, Tes.
I can't believe right here at the camp.
This lucky find
is another invasive serpent out of the Everglades.
Good catch, Tes.
That's crazy that I even saw it from that far.
See, a python belongs in a bag, not a lizard with claws.
Hey, you put it in here?
Yeah.
Bill, it's not in here.
Oh, my God.
They're gonna kill us.
That frickin' thing could be anywhere.
There he is right there.
-Right there by that tire. -See him?
Bill, he's right here, he's right here!
Bill, he went through!
Don't let him get into those rocks.
I don't know about this thing.
-You got him? -No.
Hold on, hold on.
-He's over there. -Bill, you got him?
No, he's right here. Son of a bitch.
-Where is he? -Right here.
There he is right here.
-Unh! -Watch him, watch him.
I got him.
Watch him. Watch that spider right there.
Everyone's entitled to a mistake, you know.
I put it in there, it got out.
I really don't wanna let Zak know
that I was tampering with his monitor lizard there.
This frickin' thing.
God.
Thank God we didn't lose him.
We gotta put some heavy stuff on it.
-This thing is-- -Yeah, that will be good.
It would've definitely ripped through that bag.
We just don't have to tell them
it was a wild goose chase there for a while.
Yeah, don't tell them that.
Oh, man.
We'll never hear the end of that.
15 miles north in the pitch black...
Oh, son.
Just get one more, man, I'd be good.
Dusty continues to push his injured leg.
One step at a time.
Come on.
This leg is like riding a pain train 24/7.
I'm trying to frickin' push forward
and just keep pushing, pushing,
but maybe I'm trying to do too much too fast.
Oh-ho, look, look!
Whoo!
Boy. Look at that beauty, baby.
That's a solid 12-footer right there.
Whoo-hoo!
Talk to me, son.
Huh?
Whoo!
Holy cow.
Whoo!
Watch him, boy.
Whoa!
Hey, I gotcha.
Whoo!
Easy, easy, easy, killer.
Ahh.
That's a good one right there, buddy.
This 12-foot python nets Dusty $315,
but just as important,
it proves he can push through the pain
and continue to hunt.
All them weeks and days laying in the hospital,
you know, dreaming about being out here again
and thinking could you ever
even catch a snake again, you know?
I did it today, bud, I did it today.
That's it, baby.
Uh! That's all I got.
That's gonna give me the strength
to move on tomorrow
and gives me something to wake up for, you know.
I'm gonna go scoop up my other bags,
head back to the camp, boys.
[thunder]
On an island known for nesting turtles,
Troy and Pickle have already captured eight snakes
worth more than $2,000.
Man, it's so thick here. They could be anywhere.
And they continue running across evidence
of the pythons' destructive presence.
Oh, lookit here. What the hell is that?
This ain't a good situation here.
A dead turtle?
We actually see a little dead shell that was in there.
So it looks like one of these turtles kind of stuck around.
Maybe something was wrong with it, maybe a snake got it.
I don't really know.
It smells the snake right here.
This is a turtle egg.
Something ate the turtle, killed the mama.
I don't know.
-Oh, look. Snake, snake, snake! -what?
-Snake, snake! -What? Where?
-In the middle of-- Oh, [bleep]!
Oh, my God!
Ooh, it's a monster.
Pee-wee, I don't know if you oughta catch this thing.
Deep into the night on Turtle Island...
Aah! Whoo!
-Scared the crap out of me. -Ooh, be careful.
Troy and Pickle are face to face with a monster python.
Hold on one second. I think it's that giant female.
You think? Look how fat it is. Look.
Feel her belly.
Look how fat that thing is.
I feel the eggs in 'em.
Man, that's a big surprise.
This thing got something in its belly
for about four foot long,
and I think it's just a chain of eggs in there.
We gotta change the plans here.
We gotta be more careful than ever.
Don't wanna let 'em get in them palmettos.
If she goes in them palmettos, we'll lose her forever.
Ooh!
Look at the size of that thing. [gasps]
Aah!
Look how pretty this one is, huh?
Eee-eee-eee!
Oh, this one's mean, huh?
Listen, we can't catch this snake until we wear it down.
This is the biggest snake I think I've seen
since I've been coming to Florida.
That thing can strike five or six foot.
-Aah! -Ooh!
Lord, I'm scared.
Ooh, there it is, there it is.
Just hold that tail, wear it out.
Pull it back, wear him down.
I picked up her tail and I just right then and there,
I realized that this is not gonna help me
because she's massive and she's so heavy.
So I just let it go.
Pee-wee, let me grab the tail.
Ooh, watch it, watch the head, watch the head!
Mm-mm.
-Aah! -Oh, [bleep].
-[Troy grunts] -Oh!
-Ay-yi! -Come on...
Take your time. This is a very aggressive snake.
I got her.
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah!
Ooh, she wants to eat me.
Dude, I ain't never hold one like this.
I don't think that's gonna fit in our sack.
I can't even pick her up off the ground.
Let it go. Give me the head.
You wanna play, huh?
Give me the tail.
Open the sack.
Pee-wee, we never caught nothin' this big.
I think this is the biggest one we ever caught.
Hey, I can barely pick this snake up.
-I know. You ever seen that? -You notice it's full of eggs?
She might not fit in here.
That's what it feels like in her belly.
Okay, you ready? Watch yourself, watch yourself.
You didn't count.
I was too scared to count.
[laughs]
This 11-foot breeder adds to Troy and Pickle's
biggest bounty of the season so far.
Ho-ho-ho!
There's obviously some pythons migrating to this area.
Definitely worth coming all this way to Turtle Island.
I mean, it was a long ride back here,
but we got a lot of snakes
and helping the Everglades one at a time.
I don't know if I'm gonna be able to carry this thing
as far we gotta go.
It's always interesting and exciting
to go learn new areas and try new areas,
because you don't ever know.
A new area might be the best area you ever found.
Oh-ho-ho!
This snake weighs 100 pounds.
So I'm glad we came here,
and this is another area we learned.
This is another new area
we gonna keep in our back pocket.
Whoo!
Out of the darkness,
Zak and Aaron emerge from the woods
to collect their bounty.
Yo.
Mosquitoes are a nightmare tonight.
Y'all got some, huh?
Yeah, we got some. What do you think?
Got a bunch of them today.
The Dumping Grounds paid off
way more than I thought they would.
I mean, coming out here and finding a dragon
and all the snakes in between?
Couldn't be happier.
-Hello? -What?
I didn't touch anything.
Where's my bag, bro?
What bag?
You didn't find anything hanging here?
-No. -You're messing with me, right?
I knew Bill wouldn't be able to keep his hands and his eyes
out from what was inside that bag.
I'm just praying that this thing
is still somewhere around this camp.
[laughs]
I was about to say.
Tes gave it away a little bit
with the laughing and giggling.
So where is it?
We got it.
Bill!
What? [all laugh]
Where's the freaking bag?
And then they backed me into a corner and I had to fess up.
-We took it out of the bag. -All right.
Then I put it in a box.
-So you still have it? -Yeah. We got it.
That's good. That's worth a lot of money.
Aaron and I about to shake you down, bro.
He was thinking about it
the whole time we were out there today.
We got him in the box right there.
See?
Confirm it.
Thank God this thing is still there.
He is pretty cool.
Oh, my baby.
Hello!
Well, we messed with it maybe a little bit more
than we would've liked to originally.
Listen, I don't care.
As long as this bad boy's still here in a box
and ready for sale,
we're gonna make our money.
I just want a beer and to sit down.
I don't even wanna hear any more.
I don't know why they would touch the bag at all,
but honestly I don't care.
As long as we still have our money
and this thing is out of the swamp,
we did what we came to do, and we're still cashing out.
We had a freakin' great day.
Yeah, I'll tell you what.
Really good day.
We made a lot of money today, and we did a lot of damage.
As the teams celebrate a lucrative day,
it's also knowing they made a difference
in the battle against the invaders
that brings a real sense of accomplishment.
The Everglades, my boy.
Appreciate you, brother.
Mi casa, su casa.
[all laugh]