Can snakes sense pain ?

[vangarret2000]

I bet you are gonna get a lot of opinions on this but know there probably isn't gonna be a proper answer. I don't think there have been studies of reptiles sensing humans pains and giving a thought about it.

In my opinion, you are reading too much into. With reptiles most people do, for many different reasons. "My snake does this it loves me." "My snake does this when it's happy." "My snake likes sleeping in my lap."

Snakes are an instinctual creature. People can't tell what is going on in their heads most the time but really like to think they do.

[le miow]

I bet you are gonna get a lot of opinions on this

Yeah that's what I thought, I understand the whole no emotion part ( although it would be nice to think ' my snake loves me '). I think I'm kind of hoping someone has had a similar experience. My mother who really doesn't like any snakes in the slightest is fascinated that he's 'Helping me' and has gotten her to quite like him. Even if it's not the case I suppose it can't hurt to let her think this lol .

[vangarret2000]

Yeah that's what I thought, I understand the whole no emotion part ( although it would be nice to think ' my snake loves me '). I think I'm kind of hoping someone has had a similar experience. My mother who really doesn't like any snakes in the slightest is fascinated that he's 'Helping me' and has gotten her to quite like him. Even if it's not the case I suppose it can't hurt to let her think this lol .

I would say if it makes her feel better it wouldn't really hurt to let her think that. That being said if you do that and she likes to tell others that "fact" that could be bad because it could just be spreading around something that possibly isn't true. That's one way misinformation starts to spread as a fact.