"You don't have to form a snake-killing committee to kill a snake, " says Thomas Zimmerman, the plant's UAW chairman.

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The company doesn't rely on the plumber's snake or caustic chemicals.

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He doesn't rely on the plumber's snake or caustic chemicals.

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Many small steps later, eventually they wouldn't just be in standing in the same room as a snake, they'd be wearing leather gloves, getting ready to actually touch one.

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Growing up in South Carolina, we had this black snake that sometimes got up onto the oven, and that didn't bother me.

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This doesn't happen often in the wild says Clark, because squirrels possess a "remarkable ability" to dodge a snake attack.

CNN: April 4, 2012 -- Updated 1350 GMT (2150 HKT)