Off to work ... with a reptile zookeeper
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Bill Edwards
Staff Writer
Anniston Star
Nov 16, 2009 | 789 views |

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Natalie Garritano looks through a snake skeleton on exhibit at the Anniston Museum of Natural History. Photo: Bill Wilson/The Anniston Star
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Talk about snake-handling with most folks around here, and they think of primitive Protestant denominations testing their faith. But when Natalie Garritano of Clyde Peeling's "Reptiland" goes off to work and handles a snake, it just might be mealtime for "Big Brownie," an 18-foot-long, 120-pound reticulated python.
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