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Destroyed in 1992 during hurricane andrew. pet owners release them when they get too big because they get pretty big. now any floridian with a hunting license can hunt for the pythons over the next six weeks. ron mcgill is a cure ray tor at miami metro zoo. ron, is that a burmese python? >> it is an albino version. but this color mutation has been found in the wild in florida. >> how serious a problem is it? >> its pretty serious. i dont know if there are 100,000 in the wild, but there are thous...

Baghdad. let me check the top stories right now. today is international womens day. the u.n. says its time to pay tribute to ordinary women and their economic, political and social achievements and the struggles that many face every day. various rallies are being held in capitals around the globe. the supreme court will decide whether drugmakers can be sued by parents who claim their children suffered serious health issues from vaccine. the case involved parents from pittsburgh who want to sue...

Question, quick answer. im unnerved with this snake here. clearly i dont want to own one. what is it thats so fascinating to own a deadly snake? >> i dont know. i could ask that of the people who owned the chimps. i dont understand that. i love these animals, and any time i have an opportunity just to sit down and talk to somebody about them for a couple hours, theyre never the same. just fascinating. >> you could sway me to take home this burmese python? >> i dont want you to take it home but i...

What is it thats so fascinating to own a deadly snake? >> i dont know. i could ask that of the people who owned the chimps. i dont understand that. i love these animals, and any time i have an opportunity just to sit down and talk to somebody about them for a couple hours, theyre never the same. just fascinating. >> you could sway me to take home this burmese python? >> i dont want you to take it home but can definitely sway you to see the value in it. >> all right. well, our next guest, take a ...

General antivenom. they didnt have the specific antivenom. this is amazing and i cant say i completely -- larry will be glad he wasnt here when were finished with this show. but when you went to the house, a snake wasnt the only thing she had in there. >> no, alexandra had a collection of about 30 animals. about half of those were venomous snakes. not particularly unusual. within cincinnati, within the same year alexandra was killed by her venomous snake there were two other bites that occurred ...

Claims for jobs, thats unemployment insurance, rose by 36,000 last week, up to about 482,000. wall street economists did not expect that. it was higher than expected. after all that stimulus spending and reports that things are getting better, economists thought the total number of claims would actually go down this week. want to check the markets right now, see how investors are reacting. the dow, barely budging, its only # minutes into trading on the day so far, and wall street, well watch it ...

Strawberries, which were close to their peak. >> theres been very little harvesting because nothing can ripen in this type of weather. >> reporter: like the citrus crop, its still too soon to tell. and the cost of the cold adds up in other ways, like this fire that swept through 20 units of an apartment building in jacksonville. blamed on a fireplace being used for heat. floridians will also pay for the cold in their next electric bill. saturday night florida power and light set an all-time reco...

Ye >> yeah, baby! >> reporter: look at the size of it. he skillfully grabs it by the head and it coils around his arm, and he will lock it in a crate and take it to the national park of biologists to be study and destroyed, but first, we have to untangle it from his arm. >> that is not even a big one. >> reporter: this is a good ten feet. >> at least 12. >> reporter: he does not get paid. it is voluntary, and while he knows they have to be eliminated, he has a soft spot for reptiles. >> guess wh...

>> oh. no. >> you do all these planet in peril reports. i want to make sure you are safe out there anderson cooper, learn the skills that john tore rel la mastered. what if you are in the everglade? >>ky hold him? >> yeah, she is friendly enough. >> friendly enough? >> everybody is freaked out and thought you wouldnt want to get near the snakes. look at that see, you learn something new about anderson cooper every day. >> okay. >> dont worry. she is just tasting the air, tasting the smells aroun...

>> oh, no. >> because you know you do all these planet in peril reports. i want you to learn the skills that john zarrella mastered. what if youre in the everglades, anderson. >> can i hold him? >> shes friendly enough. >> all right. friendly enough. what does that mean? >> everybody is freaked out and thought you wouldnt want to get near the snake. look at that. see you learn something new about anderson cooper every day. >> okay. >> dont worry. she is just tasting the air, tasting the smells a...