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Iguanas all over me and i have seen them swim, dance, stair re you and they are cool animals around nonthreatening, but these igua iguanas, and say hello to our affiliate down there, but these iguanas started to fall out of trees because they were so frozen last night. true or not true? >> not frozen, but they are cold blooded, but they did not freeze. >> darn it. it was a better story. >> no, no, no they did not freeze. they are still alive and good. >> oh, so they were partly freezing and when...

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...

Month, rather, december, for the first time since the start of the war there were no -- no combat deaths among american troops. does that mark a turning point? were going to go to baghdad. giant snakes that crush their prey. are they put ago stranglehold on floridas wildlife? were going to take you to the everglades. and 50 states in one year. john king visits a military institute in new mexico where the war in afghanistan is a hot topic. 010 motor trend truck of the year. the all-new ram he...

>> this is the gila monster, and you find these out in the deserts of california -- >> arizona. its also called a beady lizard some people refer to, right? >> its a different subspecies but theyre very similar. >> larry: its a lizard? >> it is. >> turn him. i dont want larry to touch his head, obviously. because hes very poisonous. its a neurotoxic poison, right, anita? >> its extremely painful for humans. >> larry: feels like beads. >> exactly. they can go weeks without water. the water comes f...

You think he cant see you, he can. steve irwin talks a lot about the the crocodile. he has sensors. they pick up vibrations. if somethings in the water swimming up to two miles away, larry, they can feel it like sonar in the water. this animal lives to 100 years old, can go one year without eating. >> larry: are these babies? >> this a baby alligator right here? >> uh-huh. >> i cant tell. and thats also another baby, right? >> uh-huh. >> this is probably a year old, this ones up to a year and a ...

>> larry: earlier we showed you a cane toad. if you missed the episode a couple of years ago, chance king, who is now 10, was on with his brother, cannon. they were then 8 and 7. heres what happened with the cane toad. >> dont touch this one. this is an african -- this is a cane toad, everybody. all right? if you notice, theres poison glands. will he hop right here? this is a cane toad. those right here are poison glands. this toad, larry, is the one that came over from south america. they broug...

Old, a year and a half old. this is how old, david? >> 25. >> they can outrun a man. in the first 20 yards. can you open his mouth? >> sure. >> you can? >> yeah. look at this, larry. you can watch this at home. well open his mouth here. be careful, i want you to look down his throat, larry. dont put your head in there. you see the flap there. you see that. >> larry: i see that. can we get that on camera? its very interesting. >> he doesnt drown. he can bite without getting water down his throat....

>> turn him. i dont want larry to touch his head. its very poise announce. poisonous. its a neurotoxic poison, right, anita? >> exactly. they can go weeks without water. >> larry: do they live a long time? >> we dont know a whole lot about them in the wild. thats the crazy thing about them. >> larry, one thing to do, though, if the predators will come, theyll turn that tail, toward the predator, hell turn around, jerk it off and eat it while the runs away. im not making that up. >> heres the ven...

>>. >> larry: earlier, we showed you a cane todd. heres what happened with the cane toad. >> dont touch this one. this is a cane toad, everybody. if you notice, theres poison glands -- will he hop right here? this is a cane toad. this larry is one that came over from south america. they brought them into this country in southern florida. there are poison glands right back there. >> get it away from me! get it off of me! >> larry: its okay. >> its a toad. its a toad. >> larry: its okay. >> i dont...

>> 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...