Dispel Myth: Is one gender more aggressive than the other?

I was at a show helping someone in a booth recently, and we were discussing this issue. It seems that many people believe that female snakes are more aggressive than males. He and I have always thought this was bogus and it really depends on the individual snake, but this myth had to spawn somewhere. I'm just curious what others think.

What say you?

I think that we really need people that have very large amounts of snakes to weigh in on this. People like me who have, like, 8 snakes, have no real business making any claim unless we've worked around large amounts of different snakes. Even then.. I think personally that it just depends on the snake itself and what time of year it is/how hungry the snake is/etc..

Just a myth depends on the snake. But the only time i get bit its by one of my girls:O so

I think females get the more aggressive tendencies, especially over eggs!

Def. My females!

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Originally Posted by JASBALLS

Def. My females!

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Only until we get our chocolate...then your lives may be spared. ;)

I can definately see where females would be more aggressive when guarding eggs!

I think it depends on the individual.

Are you only talking about snakes? I think male iguanas have a tendency to be more aggressive, especially during breeding season.

With my snakes I couldnt tell ya. Ive got some males and some females, but not of my snakes have ever really been agressive. Last time I was bit by a snake was at least 7 or 8 years ago by a WC texas rat snake when I was still living down there. Id say it all depends on the situation, species, and individual snake.

Mainly snakes....I'm aware that many male lizards can be pretty nasty. But I'm chiefly referring to when customers will come up to a booth, looking at baby pythons and baby boas, and often choose males because they heard that females are always aggressive. The guy I work with and I are like, "What the...? Where are people are getting this from?"