For some reason I do not think this is totally true. I have owned my corn snake for about seen years he does not like to be taken out of his enclosure by other people and when i let certain people hold him he will try his hardest to get back to me. When he does he is as calm as can be. I can literally swing him like a rope if I wanted to and he will rub his face on my chin after Not that I actually do that!!!!!!