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Them back to your condo after you kill them? >> yes. >> so do you -- other disepghts of the condo do you like warn them what they move in like hey im bringing big snakes in or how does that work? >> well i tried to keep it a secret as long as i could because i live literally in a snow bird condo in florida and so -- i was like oh, my god all of these people are going to hate me because im a python hunter but turns out theyre all my biggest fans they are root megaon they love seeing the snakes ac...

Them back to your condo after you kill them? >> yes. >> so do you -- other disepghts of the condo do you like warn them what they move in like hey im bringing big snakes in or how does that work? >> well i tried to keep it a secret as long as i could because i live literally in a snow bird condo in florida and so -- i was like oh, my god all of these people are going to hate me because im a python hunter but turns out theyre all my biggest fans they are root megaon they love seeing the snakes ac...

Python hunter Dusty Crum recently found out Burmese pythons carry an oil that's a key ingredient in COVID-19 vaccines. Right now sharks supply that oil, but Crum says using pythons instead is better for the environment.

All day with this trap and camera trap and putting out snails, snails escape. by the end of the day you go look and you had no snails. >> the snails escaped. >> theyre faster than they look. then finally on the last day, you know, they just came one after another, boom, boom, boom. and it was awesome. bill, it was like the best thing. and i was celebrating all by myself. you know, like yelling in the canoe. >> lack of clean water is just one threat to the glades, though. like most wild places in...

Waiting and waiting in a canoe all day with this trap and camera trap and putting out snails, snails escape. by the end of the day you go look and you had no snails. >> the snails escaped. >> theyre faster than they look. then finally on the last day, you know, they just came one after another, boom, boom, boom. and it was awesome. bill, it was like the best thing. and i was celebrating all by myself. you know, like yelling in the canoe. >> lack of clean water is just one threat to the glades, t...

Back-to-back adventures in sundays season finale of "the wonder list." bill weir discovers a nonnative species is now threatening the wetlands. >> reporter: lack of clean water is one threat to the glades. like most wild places in the age of man, another big struggle involves protecting native species from destructive exotic species. where did they come from do they think? >> a lot of them were imported in. >> reporter: bill booth is a fireman, outdoorsman and part-time python hunter. >> people ...

A professional python hunter is here. good morning. i didnt know there was such a profession. apparently they need you in florida. whats going on down there? >> our native animals are kind of having a tough time even before the python, the encroachment of man has pushed them back. now we have a new apex predator in the mix, and theyre just taking out a lot of our native wildlife. >>steve: in fact, in some spots around the everglades, there are no rabbits, no foxes, very few raccoons and bobcats....

Six days on the lam. houdini is a popular choice, as well as twitter, in honor of the account. new york may be resting easy, but there is another snake problem in florida big time. this one is out of control. thousands of exotic pythons have invaded the everglades. the unwanted additions are threatening native animals that call that ecosystem home. nbcs science and environmental expert jeff corwin joined a python hunter on a mission to keep those snakes from spreading. >> reporter: its early m...

The egyptian cobra that escaped from the bronx zoo enclosure is about to get a new name. hundreds entered the contest to name the reptile after six days on the list. houdini is a popular choice and so is twitter in honor of the account used to document her travels. the zoo will announce the name on thursday. new yorkers may be resting easy now that the cobra is back in its cage but there is another snake problem in florida. thousands of exotic pythons invaded the everglades and they are threat...

>> joseph, wildlife biologist and python hunter, good luck. thanks for coming on today. we appreciate it. >> youre welcome. that does it for me. im david shuster. ill see you back here at 3:00 with our special series. well talk with a democrat from kansas. tamron picks up next. you would just shoot the python, wouldnt you? >> i would absolutely shoot it. a lot going on, david, including this story weve been talking about. chelsea king is still missing out in california. chelsea king, as i ment...