I agree Brett. Not to mention that some lizards do this as well and it's doubtful they are mimicking anything either. It's a warning universally it seems. It's deinately what you hear from a tegu right before he removes a digit
On another snake subject--I heard my first hiss yesterday when opening the ball cage. He's another sweet animal that basically decided to put on a show. But not one snake in this house compares to the hognose who goes from being THE calmest baby snake ever to a kingcobra when presented with a mouse pink
