I agree he might not have gone about this in the best way, but all things considered, he did the best job he could given the circumstances.

Yes it was shock value, this is after all television, but I have watched this show several times, and he did quite a bit of good as well. Granted the conditions might not have been ideal, but how many snakes are kept as pets in much worse conditions for months or even years?

This was, plain and simple, a way to grab peoples attention and prove snakes aren't maneaters. General media have people believing being in the same zip code with a snake means death. This guy proved you can be in close quarters with way more snake than most people will ever see in a lifetime, and nothing happens.

People are much more likely to watch a show featuring some lunatic locked in a box with 100 snakes than they are some boring documentary on how harmless snakes are. And if even a few people come away from it thinking that maybe snakes aren't so bad after all, that's more than mainstream media ever accomplished.

Gale