Failure to anticipate any snake's intentions by their body language can get you in big trouble- especially with large or hungry snakes. Here's a brutal reminder of how NOT to feed your snake: (Caution-graphic- to watch, click at right where it says "view") This was hard for me to watch, knowing what the snake is thinking:
https://twitter.com/RexChapman/statu...94294738739200
(Original story: https://outsider.com/outdoors/viral/...lf-around-arm/)
Human is thinking "Hi beautiful serpent" ("Oh look, he's coming right out to see me!") while snake is thinking "Prey?" Very preventable! Just a reminder to always signal your snake that this is not about food, & make SURE they understand your message. This is proof that they don't assess prey visually as to "will it fit?" or "is this the right prey?"
This is a very large snake that didn't grow to this size "overnight"- so to be charitable, maybe she hasn't owned this (or any?) snake for very long? This is a mistake best made with a smallWhat you don't know CAN hurt you. Not the snake's fault, by the way. Very preventable accident. Just because you want or need to handle a snake, doesn't mean it's the right time- if your "message" is not understood by your snake, don't just proceed anyway.
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