HELP! I think my bp is angry but im not sure.

[WingedWolfPsion]

What Del said. Remember what I told you about a snake's attitude when it's looking for food? The beginning of that video clearly shows it, when he lifts the lid--the snake moves forward, its neck in an S-shape, and it's rigid. It's tongue-flicking a lot. Snakes smell by flicking their tongues out to collect scent particles, then transferring them to the Jacobson's organ inside their mouth (they don't smell using their noses).

So, right at the opening of the video, we see that the snake is hungry. Then he picks it up. The snake explores a bit, tongue flicking, then grabs his hand. I truly think he must have had his hands on some rodents--the snake was very precise about grabbing his hand after it had thoroughly smelled it.

It is a very non-aggressive grab, actually. Could this be a snake used to eating frozen/thawed? It did not have the attitude of expecting the food to fight back. That was more the move of a snake about to swallow a food item that is already dead.

I also noticed that this fellow had previous wounds on his hand, which leads me to wonder if this whole thing was deliberately staged. Keep in mind, people will do crazy things to make a cool video. Handling dead rodents and then picking up the snake, KNOWING what it will do, is an easy way to film a snake bite.

The advice you're getting from Del is also VERY important. If you are bitten by your snake--and make no mistake about it, EVENTUALLY it will happen--do NOT pull away. If you pull away, not only will you hurt yourself a LOT more, but you may hurt or even lead to the death of the snake. Breaking its fragile teeth off in your skin would not be good for EITHER of you. So don't panic if it happens. Stay calm, and be still. You can gently try unwrapping the snake, starting at the tail, run it under water, etc. In reality, the snake will let go of you as soon as it realizes something is wrong. It doesn't want to eat YOU...once it figures out that it's biting YOU, it will let go on its own.

A bite like this one was not an act of anger, aggression, or 'mean-ness'. The snake actually made a mistake. It was an accident. If you snake bites you this way--forgive him. He didn't mean it.

The reason the snake does not let go immediately is because a python's instincts are VERY strong. When they grab ahold of something and it moves, their instincts tell them to constrict it until it stops moving. This isn't something they can control--it's hardwired into them, and it's their nature. Once that powerful instinct releases, then they can make the decision to let go. They cannot control this instinct, you see? They have no choice but to constrict if something they identified as food in their mouth starts moving.

Snakes have poor vision, and they rely on scent and warmth to identify what is around them. This snake thought it smelled food (perhaps it did!). It just carefully picked up what it THOUGHT was food, using its mouth. When the 'food' started to move, it got more confused...its instinct to constrict was triggered, so that's what it did.

Off camera, most likely the snake was simply carefully unwrapped, and let go of his hand once it was no longer properly constricting him.