Stephen S. Hall

Some of them are very calm. There's a term in herpetology as ambassador snakes, and it's basically a snake that's very docile. It's not going to bite, easily handled, doesn't mind being handled. You know, they take them to schools and for parties and birthday parties and things like that because they're totally normal.

Some of them are very calm. There's a term in herpetology as ambassador snakes, and it's basically a snake that's very docile. It's not going to bite, easily handled, doesn't mind being handled. You know, they take them to schools and for parties and birthday parties and things like that because they're totally normal.

Some of them are very calm. There's a term in herpetology as ambassador snakes, and it's basically a snake that's very docile. It's not going to bite, easily handled, doesn't mind being handled. You know, they take them to schools and for parties and birthday parties and things like that because they're totally normal.

Children and people are fascinated by the fact that these animals do have personalities and some of them are very calm and easy to handle and kind of curious. When I was in Florida, we were looking for pythons, and we found this sort of a baby blue racer.

Children and people are fascinated by the fact that these animals do have personalities and some of them are very calm and easy to handle and kind of curious. When I was in Florida, we were looking for pythons, and we found this sort of a baby blue racer.

Children and people are fascinated by the fact that these animals do have personalities and some of them are very calm and easy to handle and kind of curious. When I was in Florida, we were looking for pythons, and we found this sort of a baby blue racer.

But the person I was with, a woman python hunter, in fact, you know, just scratching the snake under its chin, and it was just moving its head around looking at it. It was kind of curious, actually. Yeah. This idea of them being inert, asocial animals is really not correct at all. And if you talk to anyone who owns a snake, they'll tell you that they really become habituated to their owners.

But the person I was with, a woman python hunter, in fact, you know, just scratching the snake under its chin, and it was just moving its head around looking at it. It was kind of curious, actually. Yeah. This idea of them being inert, asocial animals is really not correct at all. And if you talk to anyone who owns a snake, they'll tell you that they really become habituated to their owners.

But the person I was with, a woman python hunter, in fact, you know, just scratching the snake under its chin, and it was just moving its head around looking at it. It was kind of curious, actually. Yeah. This idea of them being inert, asocial animals is really not correct at all. And if you talk to anyone who owns a snake, they'll tell you that they really become habituated to their owners.