Quote Originally Posted by paulh View Post
I understand!

The first bullsnake I encountered in the wild hissed and struck wildly. Not too surprising, though. It was sleeping beside a log, and my buddy and I rolled the log over it before realizing it was there. Another bullsnake had the most rotten disposition I've ever seen in a snake. That one had been in the posession of a local kid for two weeks before I got her. The kid had ruined her dispossion and her nose by banging on the box several times a day until she struck at the wire top. I forgave her for everything because she laid eggs a few weeks later and then became my first breeder female snake. Setting dogs on a bullsnake is another way to terrify it.
I guess I don't understand your post...While the observations you cite could certainly influence one's thoughts on a bullsnake's ability or willingness to defend itself while being molested; the behavior exhibited by a few (or all of them) while being abused would not be information I would use to understand their demeanor.