News: 2 die in rock python attack

[sorraia]

AMEN! I hear that all the time. Another thing that's really getting to me today reading some of the comments is how people think that anyone that has snakes is some kind of anti-social head case. I read one comment where a person said that snake owners should get some mental help because only a person that had a mental illness could want or identify with a snake. I had to stop reading for awhile because my blood was boiling.

I'm avoiding going back to the articles and reading comments for precisely that information! I have 10 snakes in my house, as well as a host of other critters. No one would be able to pick me out from a crowd, and pin me as a snake owner just by looking at me or even talking to me. Only way they would know is if I specifically mentioned it. I don't have any piercings other than my ears (and only one hole each), no tattoos, my hair is dyed one color and it's a natural looking auburn, nothing spectacular or unusual about me. I imagine most of "those" people who think of snake owners believe them to be part of the "fringes" of society, wearing certain clothes, coloring their hair different colors, tattoos and piercings everywhere, etc. Nothing wrong with any of those things, but those aren't what define a person's likes or dislikes when it comes to the animals they keep!