I've had my small collection of ball pythons in a small rack beside my desk in my office for a few years now. Never heard a peep out of them beyond the rustling of paper and the occasional clink of ceramic water bowl against a ceramic hide.

One day, just shortly before we moved this summer...I'm in the office with a couple of my kids...each of us quietly doing our own thing (there's three computers in our office).....and out of nowhere we hear this really loud and looong drawn out ripping fart. .....and then total silence for about two heartbeats before all three of us busted out laughing.

Who said snakes are silent pets?