This first part of this is right. They won't necessarily see you as food, but they don't have the intelligence to view you as the one that gives them the food. They won't think " this person feeds me, I don't need to hurt them". But Snakes will learn to tolerate humans. They can learn they aren't necessarily a threat to them so that's why you can handle them etc. At the same time they still will always view you as a threat at least a little. That's is why people can have a puppy dog tame snake for a year, or five years, or ten years, or even more without ever being bit, but then one day out of nowhere they get tagged.Originally Posted by Painted
Even when snakes get into "food mode" as I've heard people call it. Once they sense prey is there you are pretty much no longer even there. They wait and then strike out at the first thing that seems like it is food to them. That's why they might take your hand. Some really aggressive feeder will even strike(and sometimes try to actually eat) paper towels, décor in their tank etc.
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