Dude I hope you were only kidding about the amazon's! Do you even keep hotts yourself?

To the original poster:

You sound level headed and I don't think you'll have any trouble. Keep doing your research! Seems your main interest is in arboreals, most of them will ride a hook and aren't to bad to deal with. Still gotta be careful as many of them will openly strike at the air! I hate when people get into how toxic each animal is because the bottom line is any of them can kill you given the right circumstances.

Ask yourself this question: Am I willing to be bitten by a venomous snake? I have been working with venomous for around 6 years now, that's everything from copperheads to mamba's. One day I will be bitten, "it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when". It's just like anything, if you do something long enough something is going to go wrong eventually. Don't get complacent, ever! Trust me it happens and it can end very badly.

Good luck!
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John Light

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