Salmonella and children under 5

[Salamander Rising]

Salmonella is found in snakes' intestines, not on their skin, so making sure the cages stay clean and the snakes aren't sitting in their own poop reduces the risk by a lot.

I prefer empiric evidence.

This dude's been licking snakes for 40+ years, occasionally even letting them stick their head in his mouth.

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He's never gotten salmonella.

Last summer he went to Brazil, ate some of the local cuisine and got food poisoning.

Had to cancel a concert for the first time in his career.

If he's not worried, I'm not worried.

Rock on, Coop!