INSIDE NATURE’S GIANTS
MONSTER PYTHON
SATURDAY, JUNE 2 @ 8:00PM
No one knows for sure how snakes native to South East Asia ended up in the Everglades, but now these giant reptiles are thriving in southern Florida’s swamps and driving some native species into extinction. Evans and Reidenberg join local “python hunters” on the front line of the battle against the snakes. At a swamp camp in the heart of the Everglades, they meet up with reptile expert Jeanette Wyneken to dissect two captured pythons — a 9-ft. male and an enormous 14-ft. female. The team explores the anatomy that allows pythons to sense, strike, squeeze and swallow their prey. And while investigating the remains of the snake’s last meal, they make an amazing discovery — ovaries bulging with 40 egg follicles ready to be fertilized.
