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You should have spoken with him just once. He had more passion for reptiles than anyone I've ever talked to. His handling seemed to be less stressful to me than most programs. Catching a snake by tailing is better in my opinion than squashing it in a set of tongs until you can see the crease. Or by pinning it and holding it behind the head tight enough to deform it's face.
His zoo has several successful breeding programs of endangered reptiles. He bought a huge tracks of land for conservation, and hand planted eucalyptis trees to reforest the area so it would be returned to how it was supposed to be.
His show was theatric, but it got people to watch, and his personality was over the top, because that was his passion.
I never heard of the sea snake incident either. Must have missed that in the many hours of watching the several different programs he did.
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