I was sitting in one of my classes the other day, when I overheard two students talking. Normally I don't ease-drop... but in my defense they were rather loud. One student was telling the other that he caught a Water Moccasin this morning in his yard and has it under a bucket with a rock on it.

At this point I was already face-palming... but when he told the guy that he planned to keep it as a pet... I full on wanted to bang my head on the desk.

I was unable able to keep quiet and told him that was a really, really bad idea and then asked him if he had ever cared or held a snake before. Of course his answer was no. I tried to reason with him about how bad of an idea it was, but apparently I don't know anything about handling venomous snakes or snakes in general. I only spent a two years working on antivenom research and rattlesnake rehabilitation in Arizona.

Anybody want to take bets on how long it'll be before I am picking him up in the back of my ambulance?

I am in no way against people owning or caring for venomous snakes, I am just against uneducated people doing so. I feel bad for the snake, not him.