hey i don't know if u have seen this or not but there's a show on animal planet where they go around catching wild Burmese pythons an other snakes. so on this show there was a guy who claims that he caught a small baby python an wanted to keep it but the woman of the house said no way. so the guys neighbor said his son has always wanted a snake so they gave it to him. no cage, no info, no care, no nothing so this guy an his 15 year old son took the snake in hand an starts to drive to the pet store to buy a cage for the snake. well on the way to the pet store while the son was holding the snake. IT BIT HIM they were soon to find out that there baby python was a BABY WATER MOCCASIN i mean how stupid can these people be. i mean first off if u confuse a moccasin for a python u shouldn't own a snake. second who just goes an picks up a random snake. i mean seriously this snake was in there hands the whole time not only did he risk his own family. but also his neighbors family lucky after being in the hospital for a week the kid pulled though. but i think its just crazy u catch an animal bare handed an with no info on it u give it to your neighbor an his 15 year old kid. how horrible he most feel.