Swamp People: Serpent Invasion

I watched Guardians of the Glades and was sad to see it didn't return after Dusty's accident. But him being back in action on Serpent Invasion really makes this show one of my favorites. I really hope they keep this show going, and keep Dusty doing what he does best. You can definitely tell he is the best snake hunter there out there.

Granted, a lot of the wrangling that takes place is surely meant to make the captures more exciting, but it's interesting to see just how bad the Python invasion is affecting the Everglades. The devastation of Florida's wildlife by these snakes is just a tragedy to witness.

One thing I will say is that Zak on this show is such an overacter, it really gets a little annoying at times. The way he gets so excited, screaming like a sissy girl is jusy too much. But other than that, I don't really mind the excessive excitement during the captures. But all of the cast could stand to tone it down a bit.

Overall, it's great show if you like shows like this.

Why do they advertise as "last day of the season" when there is absolutely no season on Burmese pythons in Florida? It is an invasive species which should never have happened except for idiots who brought the snakes into this country and then didn't take measures to insure that they didn't escape from their custody. It should have been criminalized to have ownership of them in the first place. They need to be hunted, shot and eradicated by any means necessary. They've all but killed the native species in the Everglades. Once a species gets out of control the usual measures of "humane" capture shouldn't apply. The population of pythons in the Everglades should be ZERO.

This is History's rip of Discovery's "Guardians of the Glades", but without Dusty Crums crew, the proudly redneck humour, or Brittany Borges infectious enthusiasm.

For those following the reviews there IS a Bobby on pythons through state contracted python hunters. They're paid $50 for the first 4 feet and another $25 a foot after that. But the shiw does seem staged. I follow one of the cast members off set and his hunting off set is nothing like it is on set. I guess that's how all these shows make their money to pay for airing and pay the cast members though. Gotta spice things up a little bit. It would be nice to see a show similar to this one that is 100% not staged though. I feel like they do too much yelling ac dancing around when they get a snake lol. But I do like all the cast members and they are good at what they do so .... spiced up or not I guess I'll keep watching it.

First, as others have said, the weights are total nonsense. One dude walks around with a "135lb" snake wrapped around his arm. Uh huh, sure.

Second, probably more importantly, I think the entire execution of this show is totally fictional.

For example: On one episode, two of the guys go to a "bomb shelter deep in the glades".

Okay, so that shelter is actually in Fort Pierce, far north of the glades, and is actually about 20yds from the Florida Turnpike. It was an AT&T communications bunker (you can see "communications" above the door) and was sold sometime between 2013 and 2017 to a data center startup called "Data Shelter" (google it, they have a website with pics and everything). So could this bunker have snakes in it? Technically, sure, but I am 99% sure those snakes were put there for those guys to find. Additionally, the Data Shelter company is clearly peddling a vaporware product as it's been 3+ years since they "announced" what they were doing and it's clearly still full of random crap from the cold war, standing water and other stuff you don't see in an active commecial construction zone, much less anything resembling a "data center" (I would know, believe me).

How about another example: In one episode two of the guys have their snake bags "stolen" by mysterious strangers in a buggy who then drop the bags and run when Dude 1 comes running up at them. This is on a trail that is supposedly abandoned and those two dudes had just encountered a random stranger in a buggy who gave them a "hot tip" on where to find a special bounty. The entire thing reeks of being semi-scripted and plays more like a video game scenario than anything that would happen in real life.

Anyway, it's still mildly entertaining (the yelling "OHH!" every time a snake tries to bite them is a little annoying), it just isn't real.