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00:00 These snakes can attempt an attack while they are locked in a bag,
00:04 thanks to their ability to feel the temperature differences.
00:08 In the Florida tides, the biologist and snake enthusiast Michael Grace
00:18 goes on a mission to better understand this incredible power.
00:24 "We're in an amazing place, a paradise for all sorts of predators, especially snakes.
00:30 But the pythons that live here have something very special.
00:34 They're one of the two species of snakes that have a special sense
00:39 that no other living being on the face of this planet."
00:43 The biologist wants to do a fundamental experiment
00:49 that should allow him to film for the first time a snake using this special gift.
00:55 He must first catch a snake.
00:59 "This is a great place to find snakes, but you have to find their hiding spot.
01:07 They do like to hide.
01:09 People sometimes ask me how I do my hiding snakes.
01:16 In general, I answer by being careful.
01:19 They're not venomous snakes, so it's okay, but they have a lot of teeth.
01:23 Four rows on the top and two on the bottom.
01:26 They're usually recurved and sometimes they're very long.
01:29 I don't like to get bitten, so I usually use a hook,
01:34 but a branch can do the trick.
01:36 When you manipulate them, you always have to hold them by the back of the head
01:41 with a lot of caution."
01:45 "It's not bad here.
01:47 Oh, there's one!
01:51 It's a beautiful specimen.
01:54 This is a Burmese python.
01:58 It's native to Southeast Asia.
02:01 It's all in the news these days.
02:03 They say it's taking up some of Florida.
02:06 That's a nice one, quite a beauty.
02:08 We'll take this one with us to do some experiments tonight."
02:12 [WHOOSH]