Why is it so weird?

[El_Dorado]

I am a new snake owner, so of course during my first week of snake ownership I took pictures of my dear BP, Molly, and posted them on Facebook. I promptly received a few, "Pretty," "Cool," and, "Neat" responses, but then received a lot of negative ones. Apparently, my 1/5 foot ball python yawns because she wants to eat me? And she is going to get out and strangle my neighbours' cats? And she can't feel love and so she doesn't appreciate her home?

I've been called a couple not so nice names and I just don't get it! What is so weird about owning a snake? Personally, between dogs, horses, rabbits, and a multitude of other pets, it's so nice to have a pet that doesn't need 24/7 supervision and attention. It's so nice that I'm not covered in hay or have my shoes eaten by the end of the day!

While I understand that some people just don't like snakes, I empathize with those feelings, but why am I "stupid" and "insane"? I like to think I have at least half a brain cell floating up there somewhere...

</rant>