Warren actually believed more that Feng Yi had accidentally discovered the python hidden in the pile of dead tree branches. Maybe Feng Yi had detected the rustling of the python as it moved, or perhaps he had spotted the exposed patterns through the cracks between the branches. In any case, it definitely wasn't for some joking reason like "ancestral DNA"!
However, in what followed...
The second time they stopped, Feng Yi caught a python in the water concealed by aquatic plants as they passed by a waterhole.
The third time they stopped, Feng Yi reached into a crevice in the rocks and pulled out a python.
The fourth time...
They stopped several times, and each time, Feng Yi caught several pythons, though none were very large; the longest was just over two meters.
But still!
Why did it seem so easy for him to catch pythons?