:/ Do we really need to make a new person feel unwelcome? That's not very cool. They were corrected on what they thought they knew. They came here to learn, not to have people be rude to them.
When I got my first snake, even with researching for a month or two before buying him, it was still very different than dogs, horses, and fish that I've had. It was a big learning curve and lot to take in at once.