9-Yr-Old Snake Addict Girl Eats, Sleeps, Lives With Snakes, Says She Is Crazy About The Creature (See Photos)

Charming Krista plays with, trains and
handles all the snakes at a local reptile
house where she even feeds the
alligators.
Little Krista Guarino is an expert snake
handler despite being just 9 years-old.
The brave schoolgirl lives with a
staggering 30 reptiles, including
anacondas and a 12ft python at her home
in Michigan, America.
She eats, sleeps and plays with the
creatures – some of which are twice her
size – and held her first snake when she
was just two.
The plucky schoolgirl has even been
bitten a few times but none of the snakes
are venomous and Krista claims the bites
don’t even hurt!
She said: “I’m never afraid of snakes, not
even a little bit. I’m crazy for them.”
Krista, the eldest of three children, was
first introduced to the animals by dad
Jamie, 33, who is a snake specialist.
He said: “Snake was one of her first ever
words. I knew when she was very little
that they were going to be her passion.
From an early age she wasn’t like a
normal kid – she wasn’t afraid of snakes
at all.
She just wants to go up and grab them
and pet them and play with them.”
During the summer holidays Krista helps
Jamie out at their local reptile house and
shows no fear when playing with, training
or handling any snake.
The father and daughter team also enjoy
weekends searching for rattlesnakes –
one of the most dangerous species in the
world.
And they upload their hair-raising videos
of all their adventures to their
SnakeHuntersTV channel on YouTube.
Krista has already set her sights on
opening her own reptile zoo when she’s
older because she wants to change
perceptions about snakes.
She added: “Some people are afraid of
snakes and they want to kill them but I
think they’re really cool and interesting.
One day I want to own every kind of
reptile in the world.”