if i had the guts to own ( or it was legal to own some of these) a venomous snake, i would definately be interestedin owning a black mamba, those things are so gorgeous, scary, but gorgeous, i was born in south africa and when i was little i used to go to my grampas farm every christmas and once we found one in the house, i was scared , but somehow strangely attracted to it.....pretty how the entire inside of their mouths are completely black... second choice would be the gaboon viper, any snake with a cool little horn is cool in my book! how bout you guys?