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Jim Harrison is the director at the Kentucky Reptile Zoo. He extracts venom to help scientists with research into cancer and Alzheimer's, and he performs between 600 and 1000 extractions a week. He deals with snakes like king cobras and lance-headed vipers, and has been bitten nine times. Photo: Venom being extracted from a rattlesnake, Credit: Kentucky Reptile Zoo
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