I've never been genuinely bitten by a ball python. Someone else's ball python nicked me, but it wasn't a genuine bite, more of a feint that unexpectedly scraped skin. The only snake I've ever been actually bitten by was a little tiny baby garter snake that I was relocating out of a horse stable so it wouldn't get trampled. It did not appreciate my concern, and was hilariously serious about expressing its objection. Little bugger musked me, too.
Garter snakes can be very effective, if not exactly "ferocious" for their size.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer(1902 - 1983)
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” ~ Gandhi