As long as it can sustain me, I'll continue doing it, ... I like working with animals. I like teaching people. And I love the Everglades, and gators are a main part of the Everglades.

By and large, people who enjoy teaching animals to roll over will find themselves happier with a dog.

These animals are teaching us... about basic aspects of our own physiology.

These guys are so cute, and that's what attracts us to them. But they're also very sophisticated animals, perfectly adapted to their environment.

They have a very low metabolism. I don't believe you could sedate them. Besides, you don't really want to sedate them because it's not going to be a good show gator if he's just lying there half-dead. You want the most active gator possible. You try not to overuse him, so he doesn't lame out on you.

Some never tame down, some will half-tame down and some will tame down to where it's relatively safe, ... If you're feeling a little sluggish yourself, you don't grab the meanest one. If you feel spunky, you grab the mean one.