Watch out for Python Hunters

They have no natural predators; they eat four times as much as an alligator; and if they are not stopped, they could destroy one of America’s most important ecosystems.
Now an elite squad is fighting back. Tune in this month as National Geographic Wild brings DStv viewers the three-part series, Python Hunters. Airing every Sunday at 9pm, this explosive new docu-soap follows three of the most charismatic licensed python hunters on dangerous missions as they fight to save the Everglades from the python threat.
In one episode, The Perfect Storm, the Python Hunters decide to tackle the debate over how the Burmese pythons came to be established in the Everglades. The popular perception is that the snakes are the progeny of family pets released into the wild by irresponsible owners no longer willing or able to care for them. The Python Hunters though consider a more likely explanation is an incident in 1992, when a greenhouse at the edge of the Everglades, housing over 900 Burmese pythons, was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew. As they capture snakes, the Python Hunters look for clues to support either the pet release theory or the hurricane theory and come to some surprising conclusions.
The hunters adventure through remote tree islands and limestone caves, braving alligators, venomous snakes and the cold to find out discovering pythons both dead and very much alive.