The Python code is actually quite straightforward. Essentially, the software tracks your hand and by estimating its relative size to determine how far away it is.

Lead field biologist Samantha Smith working a VHS tracking antenna to hone in on a python implanted with a tracking device.

Question: What is the process of putting a tracking chip in a Burmese python? Stovall: Once a python is selected for transmitter implantation, we are contacted to perform the procedure.