I am currently visit my family in NH and I couldn't resist, I had to stop in the local pet store. Their reptile section actually wasn't that bad. I had all of my siblings with me and my youngest sister (she's 7) wanted to hold a snake that wouldn't bite. One of the employees pulled out this beautiful albino rosy boa and said it was one of the nicest they had and he had never seen it bite anyone.
He started talking about how he hasn't been bitten yet and he's dreading it. I tried to tell him it wasn't so bad being bit by one of the smaller snakes (they have an adult carpet python that appearently is aggressive) and that there were two different types of bites. Right around this time I ended up holding the rosy boa (we had all used hand snatizer before touching the snake). I wasn't paying attention to the snake and the next thing I know it's gnawing on the side of my middle finger. :rolleyes:
The employee was a little shocked that this snake bit me but I had it coming not paying attention. I'm just glad it bit me and not my sister, she would have freaked instead of waiting for the snake to let go.