Romulus Whitaker Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Romulus Whitaker I'd like to make it very clear that getting bitten by a venomous snake is dumb, clumsy and nothing to be proud of. Romulus Whitaker snake nothing proud dumb Years ago, it was pretty hard to get people to empathize even a little bit with scaly, cold-blooded critters; now, thanks a lot to good PR from television, it is easier to get the message of reptile conservation and tolerance across. We have a lot to be thankful to reptiles for, not the least of which is their control of rodents. Romulus Whitaker good tolerance thankful people Luckily there were no venomous snakes around Hoosick, N.Y., so I amassed quite a collection of milk snakes, garters, ribbons and ring-necked snakes. Romulus Whitaker collection quite milk snakes I spent my childhood in northern New York State, and like many kids, bugs and other critters fascinated me. Romulus Whitaker new me childhood new-york
