I was watching the crocadile hunter yestarday and it was a special all about snakes. Steve proved that when crocadiles layed their eggs they go into a trance and don't recognize whats going on around them so he wondered if he worked in snakes too...at this time he had a huge reticualted python momma about to lay eggs, when she started to lay her eggs steve walked into the enclosure and sat right next to the big beast and as he was gonna try his technigue for the 1st time, taking the eggs as they came outa the cloaca, the snake let out a huge hiss noise and bumped him away! After scaring the crap outa steve he went to try it again thinking the retic wasn't in the trance like state yet and it was amazing!!! Steve was taking the eggs right off of the giant retics head and she didn't even relize steve was there.
My question is has any1 ever tried doing this or even noticed it before that snakes may infact go into a trance like state?