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Re: Something i've always wondered
a snake is an animal. We took its ancestors out of the wild, and bred them, then we keep them in a cage all the time. No matter how well we care for them, or how calm they are, they are always, and always will be wild animals. Snakes are not domesticated, and never will be. Thats why i dont mind if I have to work with an incredibly mean snake, all that snake is trying to do is protect itself.
I think it was BW who mentioned this, but if it was someone else please correct me, but I remember someone saying something that was the best way I have ever heard it described... "Try and put yourself in the snakes position. Your sitting in your bed, trying to sleep when suddenly, you feel vibrations in your floor. Right then your ceiling is torn open, and a giant monster reaches in and flips your bed over, and trys to grab you. It picks you up, and pulls you out into its world. Even when you arent being bothered by this monster, everytime music is played, or more monsters walk by, your home shakes a little bit. Everytime you are trying to enjoy the warm heat, and bask out in the open, more monsters walk by your home and stare in at you. Often they see you basking and just pull you out for more handling."
I know I wouldnt feel too good if that was happening to me day in, day out. And no matter how calm, and gentle you are when handling your snake, the above text is how the snake sees it. If a snake is calm and handleable, it means that it has managed to supress its natural behavior, and tolerate you. If a snake is mean, then all it is doing is trying to protect the only thing it has (its life) from the big giant monster
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