Family finds rattlesnake in toilet, then 23 more underneath their house

Nathan Hawkins of Big Country Snake Removal has a very important job; and he doesn't kill the captured snakes which are either relocated or donated to colleges.

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For the past 20 years, Nathan Hawkins has been working with snakes in the small Texas town of Buffalo Gap.

So when Hawkins, the owner of Big Country Snake Removal, received a frantic call from a family in Abilene, Texas, about a rattlesnake peaking its head out of a toilet — he thought it was “very unusual,” but not something he couldn’t handle.

“They’re actually very, very amazing creatures that are really misunderstand,” Hawkins told CBS News. “There are irrational fears around them.”