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Florida's sunny climate means nonnative residents thrive here.
佛罗里达阳光明媚的气候意味着有外来居民在这里繁衍生息。
Perhaps the most destructive is the Burmese python.
其中最具破坏力的就是缅甸巨蟒。
Originally from the jungles and marshes of Southeast Asia…
它们最初来自东南亚的丛林和沼泽，
the Everglades is now estimated to be home to a staggering 100000 of these invasive reptiles.
据估计，目前生活在大沼泽地国家公园的这种入侵性爬行动物数量多达10万只。
With few natural predators, these invaders are an almost unstoppable force.
由于没有天敌，这些入侵者几乎不可阻挡。
But people are fighting back.
而人类正在反击。
Burmese pythons came here in the 70's from the pet trade.
缅甸巨蟒于70年代通过宠物贸易来到这里，
People didn't know what to do with them so they came out here and let them go.
那时人们不知道该怎么处置它，就把它们带到这里放生了。
Licensed python hunting is now permitted in the Everglades year round.
目前捕蛇者一年四季都可获得在大沼泽地国家公园的捕蟒许可。
They've been eating their way through the Everglades National Park.
这些巨蟒一直在大沼泽地国家公园里吃东西，
Literally, 98% of the mammals have been eaten by these Burmese pythons.
98%的哺乳动物都被它们吃过，
They're eating deer, they're eating alligators.
它们吃鹿，吃短吻鳄。
We brought them here, we need to take them out. And that's what I'm here to do.
是我们把它们带到这里的，现在我们要把它们弄走，这就是我要在这里做的事情。
Paid contractors patrol the levees around the Everglades day and night.
受雇于承包商的人日夜在大沼泽地的防洪堤上巡逻，
The female snakes can lay over 100 eggs a year.
雌蛇一年能产100多个蛋。
And grow to be more than 18 feet long.
而且它们能长到18英尺。
Stop! Stop for a second.
等等，等一下。
Grabbing a big constrictor like that is an experience.
抓住这样一条大蟒蛇是不错的体验，
You definitely have to go in and grab it with both hands. Make sure you know what you're doing.
你一定要体验一下双手抓住它的感觉，不过要确保知道自己在做什么。
You don't want it to wrap around your neck. Because it can kill you.
你可不想让它缠住你的脖子，因为这会让你毙命。
In the first two years of the removal program 25 teams took out almost 2000 adult snakes.
在这项“清除计划”实施的前两年里，有25个小组捕获了近2000条成年蟒，
But there's much more to be done.
但这远远不够。
The war that we're fighting is bigger than the battle that we're winning.
我们正在进行的这场战争比我们正在赢得的这场战争更重要。
You're not doing your pet a favor by letting them go.
让你的宠物离开并不是在帮它们，
You think, you know, Here be free, have fun.
你可能觉得在这里捕蛇是免费的，可以玩得很开心。
It doesn't work that way.
但其实并不是这样，
Once captured, the pythons have to be humanely destroyed.
蟒蛇一旦被捕获就必须进行人道主义性毁灭。
