How I Became the Critter Keeper" answers the question that is most frequently posed to the Critter Keeper himself: "How did you start doing this?" Humorous and uplifting, this memoir begins in the high desert of Eastern Oregon, ventures into two decades of world travels in the Navy, another decade with a major pest control company, and ends - for the time being - in Upstate South Carolina. Heart-warming and laugh-out-loud funny, Animal Instincts chronicles over half a century of encounters with rattlesnakes, camels, cobras, pythons, sea snakes, monkeys, tarantulas and more along the way. It's a journey you won't want to miss.