Meet the Man Who Does One of the Most Dangerous Jobs in the World — for Free
By Steven Benna
Just imagine you looked down and spotted a rattlesnake. What would you do?
Most people would run. Some might stare for a moment and slowly walk in the other direction. And a few — the really bold ones — might actually touch it or pick it up.
That latter is just one part of Jim Harrison's everyday life at the Kentucky Reptile Zoo.
On a daily basis, Harrison, 56, holds some of the world's most venomous snakes by they head and squeezes venom out of their fangs.
