I think that the biggest impact that he made in my life was EDUCATED FEARLESSNESS. I'd been grabbing everything in the swamps up in Wisconsin ever since I was a kid, and then this guy (Steve) is messing with crocodiles and brown snakes! I thought, well, if you understand what you're up against and are comfortable with the risks, why not?

As you may have seen from some of my stuff, I'll jump into about anywhere if I think I can pull something out. It is so exciting to be involved with the world on that level.

On pythons, I had a 10 footer down in New Orleans (Albino Burmese Python) but my friend has a couple of Carpet Pythons, maybe 7 and 8 feet each. Those are some incredible looking animals!