Ok, thanks for the info everyone. I had never heard of doing this, and couldn't imagine a good reason for it as I imagined the surgery involved would be extremely traumatic for the poor snake. And yes, this guy fit the stereotypical "I wanna be cool holding the dangerous snake" bs. Young and dumb, and I seriously doubt he'll ever have the money needed to get hold of something like this, thankfully. As a wise man once said, you can't fix stupid.