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Man Catches Burmese Python With Bare Hands In FL Everglades: Watch

The 16-foot-long Burmese python put up a fight, wrapping itself around the man's leg. Watch a video of the snake being captured.

EVERGLADES — A Florida man shared a video of himself catching a Burmese python with his bare hands across social media. (Watch the video below.)

Josh Turner hunts the invasive species with his twin brother under the name Everglades Python Snatchers.

"It's always an adrenaline rush when you come across a python, especially a very large one like this one," Turner told Newsweek. "They are very powerful and all have their own personality and this particular one was a fighter."

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He caught the 16-foot-long python Thursday night.

“Doesn’t get much more fun than catching a giant Burmese Python in the middle of the night while your wife records the action,” he wrote in a caption over the video of him wrestling the large snake.

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In the video, he can be heard saying, “Nope, no you don’t. No, you don’t.”

Turner added, “You’re not getting your head free (expletive.)”

The python didn’t go down without a fight. It wrapped itself around Turner’s leg while hissing loudly.

According to their YouTube page, the brothers were raised in South Florida and are contracted by the Southwest Florida Water Management District to remove Burmese pythons from the Everglades.

“Every single one removed gives our native Florida wildlife a better chance at survival,” they wrote on their YouTube page. “Burmese Pythons are apex predators sitting on top of the food chain competing with native American alligators to be King of the Glades! Eradicating them is impossible at this point but helping slow the spread can help native wildlife tremendously!”

Watch Turner capture the snake with his bare hands below (warning: graphic language):

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