i dont know much about them, except what i heard, which is of course they would not be a good beginner snake, but what i CAN tell you is i saw a few breeders at the last expo i went to with GTP out, one had his out and everybody in the crowd was basically passing him around, and the snake seemed verry tamed, i remember saying to myself"arent those pythons supposed to be aggresive?", so i guess it depends on who you buy it from.......