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Article: Snake wrangler's wit is as biting as his slithering sidekicks.(The Dallas morning News)
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- May 3, 2004
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Byline: James Ragland
In two weeks, he rose from relative obscurity to a regular spot in the local news.
TV and print reporters are chasing him. Radio talk-show hosts are dogging him. And the public seems to be becoming more and more fascinated with him, or at least with what he does for a living: He wrangles snakes.
My first exposure to Daryl Sprout was on a TV newscast. Frankly, I thought he had a screw loose.
I mean, what kind of nut would crawl into a dark tunnel-like space no higher than a coffee table _ with no way out except the way he came in _ trying to catch one of the most venomous snakes in the world? "I knew that if I ...