you hit it right on the nose...it boils down to irresponsible humans. our first snake was Jax and its my boyfriends 7 year old son's snake. he got it because here in florida, he wanted his son to be educated about snakes (since there are many in the wild) and what ones he could and could not touch. On a further note, my boyfriend's ex is a social worker and has no problem with her son holding snakes at all.![]()