Its great to give people a chance to overcome thier fears. I used to be one of those people I wasn't deathly afraid of snakes but even 2 years ago i would not think i would touch one. But one day i held a ball python and have had 3 of them. I like to educate people about these animals. I am not one of these herpers that go out and catch rattlesnakes and stuff but I will not have a problem approaching a rattle snake and keeping my distance just to get a good look at it. People who are scared are missing a great opprotunity to learn more about these amazing creature be it a snake or lizard or amphibian.

My wife was one of these people who were deathly afraid of snakes but after being around Jojo she is not even scared to hold him. I came home from work yesterday and she was doing loading the dishwasher with Jojo around her neck. She even goes to the reptile shop and asks to hold the big pythons like the burmese and the blood python. Her favorite is the Red Tailed Boa but we dont have the room for a snake like that. She will settle for another ball python or maybe a childrens python.

Sorry for the wordy post.

HERPS RULE!!