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I have taxidermy pets that are very close to me. I have a little lizard with a head that comes on and off that I call Nicolas Cage because his face is long. And I have a big diamondback rattlesnake called Rufus, and I have some rats in jars and stuff.

I am used to wrangling crocodiles.

All of my friends are animal people. To me, cats are people, too. Animals are people, too. I travel a lot and when I go overseas, it's really hard on me because the animals are treated much differently, especially in developing countries.

I grew up with a menagerie of dogs, cats, gerbils - not to mention three younger siblings.

My field is with apex predators, hence your crocodiles, your snakes, your spiders.

I grew a love for helpless, defenseless things. People would give me lions and jaguars. I had cheetahs, monkeys.

When I visit my brother in South Africa, I order things I've only seen in zoos. Little deers and kudu, all the mammals you would never think of eating.

I enjoy slaughtering beasts, and I think of my relatives constantly.

I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees.

Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those species are rare or endangered. They're on the way out, no matter what anyone does or says, you know.