the ethics of giant snakes

[mumps]

Now THAT is an interesting theory. Not a single thing to do with ethics, but a heckofa .....fact, I suppose, yes, let's go with fact, it's ever so much nicer than saying it's bullsnot, ever so much, yes, much much better....

I don't know what you're getting at.

I interact with my animals daily, and have established protocols that if I follow, I am at no risk of injury/harm. Some examples:

Never smell like food.
If the first thing they smell is me when the enclosure is open, they know no food is forthcoming.
For monitors/tegus a feeding cue is used of an audible nature.

I say these things with certainty because after keeping giants for over 19 years (over 30 with herps), I have been bitten by giants (let's say over 6 feet as sometimes I've acquired larger specimens that needed to establish the protocols still) a total of ONCE. And I'll accept full responsibility for that occasion, it was certainly not the snake's fault.

Chris