I love that we're able to keep these very colorful creatures so easily, and a lot of them are less dangerous than "normal" household pets, despite what the media would have everyone believe. The breeding aspect just makes it that much better, you can take the traits of snake A and snake B and produce offspring who look AWESOME! Aside from that you also have beautiful wild type patterns. Due to their needs it also grants the opportunity to be highly educational. I suppose my favorite thing about keeping herps is getting someone who hasn't had much exposure to them light up and get into the hobby after showing them some animals from the collection. The sheer magnitude of the variety in species in the hobby from snakes to geckos to tortoises and amphibians makes it easy for everyone to find something they like.