often referred to because he had so many different careers, some derisively as a career chamelion , thom worked his way all the way through college, all the way up to these present successes. now, let me tell you what he did to support himself and to pay for his college education. a lot of people don't remember ross allen's reptile institute in ocala at silver springs. guess what the main attraction was. the eastern diamondback rattlesnake. and thom's job, of which he earned enough money to put himself through school, was to milk those rattlesnakes. now, clearly that's a tourist attraction because that's a fascinating thing when you see that thing coiled up ready to strike and you stick a stick down there and pin his head and then reach down behind the head and pick him up and you've got this six-foot rattlesnake. but there's a purpose to this other than charming your guest. you squeeze behind that head, and the mouth opens, and those two fangs come out, and you put those fangs down into a glass, and you milk that rattlesnake. and that poisonous venom then collected and stored becomes th