- I'm gonna go right for his head.
You ready?
Woah, watch yourself, watch yourself.
(pained cry)
Geez, he got me!
(fast-paced drums)
(roar)
- [Coyote Peterson] Snake, snake snake!
It's a python!
Burmese python.
Wow!
Pretty good size, too.
Oh, he's hissing.
Let me get him back out here on the road.
- [Camera man] Woah.
- Holy cow.
- [Camera man] How did you see him?
- Geez.
He was just starting across the road.
Let me try to get him to stop right here.
Woah, buddy.
Bring him back, bring him back.
There we go.
Look at that.
That is the invasive Burmese python there.
Good size one, too.
Probably about five and a half feet.
I'm gonna go right for his head.
You ready?
Woah, watch yourself, watch yourself.
(pained cry)
Geez, he got me.
Oh, I missed the head, then it took a bite.
- You all right?
- Yeah, I'm okay.
Man, those teeth are sharp.
He moved forward just as I was going for--
Oh, geez, he just bit that camera.
All right. (cries out in pain)
Look at that, that is a python bite, right there.
Hold on, let me try that again.
You ready?
- [Camera man] Yeah.
Oh, there we go.
Wow, look at that mouth.
All right, good thing I've got him the second time.
Look at those razor-sharp teeth.
Man, that's what just went right into my hand.
Look at that snake.
- He nailed you.
- He did nail me, and that hurt pretty bad.
Let me get him under better control here.
- Here, let's move out of the wind.
Let's tuck into this little impasse here.
Here we go.
- Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Woo!
Oh, how cool was that.
I didn't think we were gonna see anything today.
Man.
It's most likely this is a snake that was born in the wild.
Definitely not used to being around humans.
As you can see, he gave me a pretty nasty bite
on my hand there.
Good news for me is that this snake is non-venomous,
so I'm going to be just fine.
It's no wonder that these snakes stay
so incredibly well camouflaged into the environment.
If I put him down in the grasses here, look at this.
I'm just gonna let his head go a little bit.
Watch yourself.
I don't think he'd gonna bite you, don't worry.
Look at that.
He just completely disappears amongst the grasses
and the leaves.
Holy cow.
All right, let me pull him back a little bit there.
Now, I can never recommend that you run out
into the wild and try to pick up a python like I did.
As you saw, when I went for the grab behind the head,
I was just a little bit short of the safe zone,
and I ended up taking a bite.
Now, I have one other time in my life
caught a Burmese python out here
in the wilds of south Florida, but nothing tops
coming across a reptile on a day
when you didn't think you would see anything.
And for just a moment, the sun came out
and, of course, as soon as it does,
the reptiles begin to get active.
Such a beautiful creature.
Okay, okay, you're all right.
I'll just let him go up over my shoulder there.
Maybe he'll go down the side of my back.
You see that?
- [Camera man] Yeah.
- As long as he doesn't constrict around my neck,
I'm gonna be just fine.
- [Camera man] Now, this snake just bit you
and you feel comfortable doing this?
- I do, I feel totally comfortable at this point.
Now, could he bite me again?
Absolutely.
Is he going to bite me again?
I hope not, but I'm putting virtually no pressure
on the snake's body.
I'm just putting one hand after another,
letting him slither over me,
and he's staying completely calm.
He's figured out at this point
that I'm not causing him any imjury.
Obviously not a predator.
If I was, I would be biting him.
In no way is this snake feeling threatened at the moment,
but every time he cocks his head back like that,
I have to just give him a little bit of respect and say,
okay, we do not want you to take a lunge at my face,
'cause that is a set of teeth that you
do not want to get tagged by in the face.
Wow.
Unbelievably beautiful.
I love coming across any sort of snake
out here in the wild, even if it is an invasive species.
You just have to appreciate those moments
that you interact with nature
and truly get up close.
I'm Coyote Peterson.
Be brave.
Stay wild.
We'll see you on the next adventure.
Because this snake is invasive,
we could not release it back into the wild.
It was given to a research group
and will be used as an educational ambassador.
If you thought this was one wild adventure,
check out the time I was chomped by another
Florida invader, the Cuban Knight anole.
And don't forget,
subscribe to join me and the crew
on this season of Breaking Trail.
Ouch!
Wow, those teeth are super sharp.
(bear growl and coyote howl)