Actually pit bulls score on temperament tests at the same exact level as border collies.
Don't confuse temperament with tameness. Temperament is inherent. Taming is a form of training. (Domestication involves breeding a species for an increase in good temperament and tolerance of a captive environment with human interaction).
A tame animal has been TAUGHT to trust humans. Many ball pythons have a naturally docile temperament and don't even have to be tamed. Others have a more nervous disposition and become tame as they are worked with.
A very few ball pythons have a bad temperament, and cannot be trusted even if they are tamed as much as possible.
I wouldn't write off a ball python as having a truly bad temperament until they're a year old, though.
Ball pythons have incredibly tiny brains. Remember, reptile brains don't take up as much space in their head as bird and mammal brains do, so their brain is much smaller than you think it is. However, it takes a lot less brain to do some amazingly complex things than you might realize.
Reply With Quote