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The Great Cottonmouth-Catching Get-Rich-Quick Scheme of 1956
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The Great Cottonmouth-Catching Get-Rich-Quick Scheme of 1956

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Apr 15, 2021
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As a reptile-obsessed teen, I ran away to hunt lizards in the Everglades, then hatched a plan to milk venom from deadly snakes. It went even more comically wrong than you're thinking.

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