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Okay, so technically Warren Booth is an entomologist.

His main research focus and the stuff he gets funding for looks at bugs.

But he has this hobby.

My little side project is maintaining 120 snakes in my basement.

And I've been keeping and breeding snakes for about 30 years.

So back in 2010 or so, Warren got a phone call. I've been keeping a breeding snakes for about 30 years.

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