Raising a kid with snakes.

[galequin]

OP I have the saaamee convo with my gf quite often, especially when I tell her how old BPs can live. When my gf and I discuss the future she tells me "no snakes when we have kids" and cites the recent incident in Canada as a basis for her concern. I've finally informed her well enough to understand that under no circumstance would the snake be near the infant(s) for the snake's safety, and go on to explain how unrealistic it is for a snake that feeds on rodents to want anything to do with a human baby who prob weighs more than it.

We get these comments a lot. I enjoy making them feel silly by telling them what their prey size ACTUALLY is. Then I usually get the retort: well, I saw a video of a snake eating a whole wildebeest.
Or something like that. To which I respond, was it a ball python? They never know. Never.

Neal I see what your saying but I don't think that was what the intention of this post was... I think by addressing the issue in this way the idea is to make the person feel silly for being so misinformed to begin with I'm sure that's what the "was it a BP" question is all about