Beginner's guide to keeping venomous snakes. Covers basic equipment, techniques, housing, and security. The primary purpose of this book is to give the basic information needed to safely work with venomous snakes, to let every potential hot keeper know, up front, exactly what he or she is getting into. Again and again, the book emphasizes that keeping hot snakes is serious business, not to be entered into lightly. Your first mistake may very well be your last. As the author says, "Being dead lasts for a long time." If you're going to be messing with venomous snakes, make sure you know what you are doing first. 45 B/W photos