Quote Originally Posted by Mochelem View Post

Sure Im an advocate for keeping snakes, however I dont keep spitting cobras because i dont want to die, BP's are seldom agressive, the only reason people are afraid is because they dont know about the species....
The main reason people are afraid is because they've been taught to be afraid their whole lives. Snakes are evil, menacing, disgusting creatures and that's all they'll ever be to some people. It has nothing to do with the snakes themselves. My mother just finally got my grandma to enter her house for the first time since my mom got a baby cornsnake MONTHS ago. Before that, she used to be there all the time. She did take that little step, but she refuses to be in the same room with the snake and will leave if my mom ever takes it out of it's enclosure in her presence. Because it's 'Satan's serpent.'