krista: i'm never afraid of snakes, not even a little bit. i'm crazy for snakes. laura: i really don't like them at all. they, they kinda freak me out. comm: most nine year old girls enjoy playing
snake proof hunting boots sale, with dolls. but kirsta guarino from michiganis one of a kind. she prefers snakes, and lives with thirty of them. jamie: it's just an anaconda, c'mon, it's harmless.
krista: ow! man: how do you feel? krista: um...excited. 00:32comm: krista gets her love of snakes from dad jamie, and held her first when she wasjust two years old. 00:38jamie: it was her third word y'know snake, she would always point and just say snake!and i just knew right then and there she was gonna be, y'know this was gonna be her passion.i could just tell. comm: since then she's developed a natural
talent for snake handling. some are twiceher size and known to bite. comm: but it hasn't put her off, even when she was out hunting for rattlesnakes. 01:08jamie: oh it's a rattle! krista: oh cool!jamie: all right we're gonna release them far away from people. jamie: he loves you. comm: mum ashli isn't a big fan of snakes. jamie: hold him! c'mon!
ashli: no! you guys do what you want but i think you're crazy. comm: and grandmother laura isn't happy with krista's hobby. laura: it bothers me a lot, to me i'm afraid she's going to get bit, hurt, who knows strangled.it really upsets me, a lot. jamie: i've had some specific negative comments towards krista and snakes, y'know "you shouldn'tlet your daughter be around those evil serpents, she could get killed and strangled" and y'knowsome ridiculous comments and i just have to
come back with y'know you're not educatedat all, she's never put in danger so y'know i kinda get mad but i laugh at them. comm: today krista dedicates most of her free time to her favourite animal. jamie: you ready to feed all these? krista: yep. comm: and she even helps out at the reptile centre where jamie works. jamie: hey krista how's it going over here?
krista: i only got one more left. jamie: one left? all right feed them up becauseit's time to feed some alligators. krista: cool. brigan: even though krista is very young i think she probably knows more about snakesthan i do. her knowledge is insane, she's so smart. comm: despite her young years krista already has her future planned out as the owner ofa reptile zoo. krista: i wanna teach people about reptiles,
i wanna have every kind of reptile in theworld.
comm: and she's determined to prove that snakes aren't as bas as we think. krista: some people, they're afraid of them and they like kill 'em, and i don't want no-oneto kill snakes because they're cool and interesting.
