Can snakes sense emotions

[redshepherd]

I watch viper keeper more than I would really like to admit, like him or not, seeing his animals is like going to a really good zoo. I have not been particularly impressed with the intelligence of his cobras, king or otherwise. I am not understanding what anyone is basing cobra intelligence on. Maybe someone that has a few will jump in with a comment.

Actually my post on the first page has a king covra story LOL

But otherwise, I feel like people often see activeness/quick to react to things as intelligence in snakes, and the slower/inactive ones as dumb, which obviously doesn't make sense. I think intelligence should be judged on how quickly snakes learn cause and effect too and make decisions on that rather than instinct.