They have no natural predator. So we've done things like we do a big python hunt competition. We've partnered with private companies who will pay people to go in so that they can then get the python skin and make wallets and belts and boots and all this other stuff. And the number of removals have really gone up dramatically. But the freeze was something that ultimately these pythons, they can't have sustained periods of time with freezing temperatures. (35:03–35:15)
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