Horrible way to handle. Opinions?

[Rob]

I rewatched the video, and honestly I just think Kenan is clearly inexperienced with these animals and was afraid of the snake in that situation. I dont think he was sensationalizing or hamming it up, I think he was scared of the animal. You can argue that boradcasting this footage was in poor taste because he didnt know what he was doing, but I really dont see it as that big of a deal. Its easy to armchair quarterback them and say they should have done x y or z. But they moved the animal from point a to point b without putting anyone (the snake included) in harms way. I say Id chalk that up as a win.

I agree he was afraid. But putting a video up like this is only going to add to the misconception that these animals can not be kept as pets. That's the exact opposite purpose of the channel. If a channel we come to expect to put our pets in the best light is putting up videos making them out to be out of control animals only because of poor handling. Then it's only a matter of time before they come for our retics. For those of you that aren't worried because you don't keep large snakes, they will continue down the line until the point of adding bps to the Lacey act as well. Videos making snakes look like monsters should bother you if you want the hobby to have any future. In no way would I chalk this video up as a win.