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Back-to-back adventures in sunday's 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 want an exotic pet. they get tired of them or they get too big and they'll come to the everglades a...

A professional python hunter is here. good morning. i didn't know there was such a profession. apparently they need you in florida. what's 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 they're 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. rodney, they think they can kind of trace it back to hurricane andrew; right? now these python a...

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. nbc's science and environmental expert jeff corwin joined a python hunter on a mission to keep those snakes from spreading. >> reporter: it's early morning here in southern florida. the sun is just rising. it's pretty cold. we're traveling along t...

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 threatening the native eco-system. jeff corwin joined a python hunter on a mission to keep the snakes from...

>> joseph, wildlife biologist and python hunter, good luck. thanks for coming on today. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. that does it for me. i'm david shuster. i'll see you back here at 3:00 with our special series. we'll talk with a democrat from kansas. tamron picks up next. you would just shoot the python, wouldn't you? >> i would absolutely shoot it. a lot going on, david, including this story we've been talking about. chelsea king is still missing out in california. chelsea king, as i mentioned, still missing out in california and authorities are now questioning how a registered se...