Quote Originally Posted by jeffjr464 View Post
of course they have emotions, anger is an emotion and i've had a angry snake on my hands before!! yesterday i put a rat in for dinner with my boa, he was about to shed and didnt want nothing to do with the rat, the rat put its paw on him and he went crazy!! puffing up and hissing like mad, even after i took the rat out he was pissed for about 10 mins, i don't know about you but a boa's hiss is creepy to the core for some reason to me
Do you really believe a snake feels anger as you feel it? That could mean that a snake would involve higher comprehension and reasoning akin to mammals and avian. I do not believe this is the case and we should completely avoid anthropomorphizing snakes and other animals.

Could the snake have been upset and distressed by your intrusion because it felt vulnerable? Then feeling vulnerable and under duress it can certainly defend itself?

That follows the simple logic of snakes can feel secure, or insecure; fight, or flight.

Avoiding putting human emotions such as anger on an animal that does not have those higher thought processes and reasoning skills.