Narrow minded or am I asking too much?

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*I* understand about E coli... but he most likely does not.

Again.. if you publish a paper that says that all BPs have E coli in their mouths, how exactly does that help the hobby? DO you think any media will go further to say "And most snake owners don't get sick so it's okay" or will they publish giant glaring headlines "ALL PYTHONS CARRY THE DEADLY E COLI VIRUS!"?

I mean, I don't see the benefit to the hobby to do a scientific paper to prove that E coli is present in BP saliva. I could see it will make a neat paper for you, but saying it'll be good for the hobby is a huge stretch to me.

And again, I understand most E coli is not harmful and it's present all over the place, including in our bodies, blah blah blah. It's the PUBLIC perception of the information that concerns me.

This study has already been done a couple of different ways, specifically in ball pythons. I don't remember the results, but I recall they were mainly gram negative bacterium.