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Mar 22, 2011

I Was Born A Snake Handler, and I’ll Die A Snake Handler

A snake handler at the National Zoo had a rather frightening day yesterday, when a cottonmouth snake — much like that bad boy to your right — had a bit of a freakout and spit a wicked combination of concentrated nastiness into her eye.

 
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