Quote Originally Posted by mainbutter View Post
You could safely handle a 15' scrub python by yourself

..but then there was recently (a few months ago?) someone killed by their 7-8 foot colombian BCI. Apparently he let the snake coil around his neck, and it began to squeeze pretty hard (as if it felt it was falling off) and strangled the guy to death. The worst part was his girlfriend was there too, but was too shocked to move. A totally preventable situation with two stupid people.
What you don't read is how drunk they were. Just sayin.

I personally think its all about expierence and knowing the animal. Let's get away from the constrictors, would you handle a king cobra by yourself? Even with a hook? If you know what you're doing, and have worked with the animal all its life, you probably wouldn't have a problem moving it into a bin or whatever. But I sure as *beep* wouldn't do it. And what constitutes "handeling" them? Id let a 20ft few 100lb retic roam on the grass by myself.