Snake Smuggler

is an illegal superhighway for guns and drugs and human trafficking notice smugglers gulch. A shallow canyon crossing the Mexican border in the southern Californians today bulldozers are affiliated with their but believe it or not. Some Americans in California are outraged because of that. Anita Vogel live in San Diego what's the deal then there Nina.

Didn't work Anita Vogel thank you live in Southern California rental on the Mexican border thanks for that. --

top gratuitous. No but fun indeed you know about the real life python concerns and Florida. Wildlife officials are battling a new species it's called the African -- python . It's even more aggressive -- the Burmese python already known to be. Multiplying in southern Florida by the thousands. Now other concerns that too could mating create some sort of super -- Pat -- has a very cool job at -- Tallahassee Florida. -- habitat and species conservation -- with Florida fish and wildlife packet morning to you would we. For months now also just say where we're not noted this story but we -- to the story about the African -- python . Why is that considered a more aggressive snake more dangerous.

it is -- man it is a little more aggressive than the Burmese one of the reasons Burmese . Have been so popular -- is that there are a little bit more docile than some of the other python . But this is not to say that the rock -- would be any more aggressive in the wild and the Burmese python when it's going after pray always that sub because I'm reading here they're just mean and vicious snakes on that -- aren't

slim. And it they may have some of the qualities of the Burmese python which means that could be you know a little bit larger. And then rock python and it could have a little bit more aggressive qualities of that but that certainly doesn't imply. A -- saying about these two species that they're known debate in captivity right -- you know about that. But -- and -- they -- no possibility have to editor -- unthinkable that we can. We can make one heck of -- for real soon pass. I don't I don't believe that that's gonna happen and VF WC scientists don't believe that that would be a super snake that would be created and really realistically. There had been for that -- either been cited are captured. Town west of Miami in the last ten months -- sell that and we're very much aware of that so we're on top of that we visit that in private residential areas. We have permit holders that are now permitted to go on our state managed areas to capture. Reptiles of concern which both the African -- python and the Burmese python are part of that list. And so we've also talked worked with south. Florida water management industry and our permit holders are

it out all caught on tape holding up Burmese python that the Iowa State are -- and I need not for many. Well it still goes why don't want -- his legs. And ask me -- Lara. All of the guys really any ground holding. How he now is to take it all in stride people gas others -- the -- stays for awhile until finally. They get a hold of it they unwind it they freed the court got you can see how shocked they were I Leon Kelly I'm too squeamish. Half past six