Cool article! Of course being the fact weenie that I am, I noticed a couple of interesting errors. The Reptiles magazine article stated the Burm was 18 feet and suddently it grew to 22 feet in this one. And I'm not sure if Sylvester really made the claim, but when he mentioned that he was the only professional snake handler in the world that has never been tagged I suddenly thought of Steve Irwin. Apparently Steve claimed he's never been tagged by a venomous snake, either. Then again, maybe Sylvester doesn't consider Steve a professional snake handler.
... but when he mentioned that he was the only professional snake handler in the world that has never been tagged I suddenly thought of Steve Irwin. Apparently Steve claimed he's never been tagged by a venomous snake, either. Then again, maybe Sylvester doesn't consider Steve a professional snake handler.
That thought popped into my head as soon as I read that as well. Don't know if he forgot about ol' Steve-o....or if, like you say, he doesn't consider him a "snake wrangler."