I was more awstruck by the lifestyle and intrigue of these guys who got to collect these new gems which we never seen before and travel the world .. even to the deserts and Baja Mexico... because most of us never ventured further than the local hillsides where we lived.


The old days were completely different from today. It was about field collecting and finding herps and not breeding (well a few did and were light years ahead *cough* -FR-).

I remember that these guys that drove off into the sunset or traveled the world were like a mix of Clint Eastwood Jim Fowler from Wild kingdom fame.

When I was 13 I walked into my Jr. Highschool library and found my first copies of Karl Kaufelds books ("Snakes the keeper and the Kept" , and "Snakes and snake hunting"I think I checked them out continuously for the next 3 years.


I knew then that is what I wanted to do with my life.. that is what I wanted to do for a living..

of course things changed. So we cannot make a living at this today or even in the past 30 years. But back then this is what we knew and it was great.
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FR quote:
"Doing the same things over and over expecting to learn something else, is the definition of insanity"

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