Quote Originally Posted by Izzys Keeper View Post
My biggest gripe, and honestly i think its the root of all "snake hype", is that for some reason people cant get in their heads that there is more than one species of snake. I always get: is it poisonous?does it bite? Isnt that thing gonna get like 10 feet long? What if it gets big and tries to eat you?

And people always say: thats a boa? Anaconda? My friend had one just like that amd it got 15 feet long.

Then i feel like the "knowitall" that has to educate them about the difference between all those snakes amd how this one is harmless.

I use the idea that it would be like assuming that a canary would one day grow into an ostrich. Its 2 different animals completely.

This kind of thinking groups all the bad things about some snakes into 1 animal.
Like sharks...lol

I kept venomous snakes for awhile, so I tell people these (BP's) are more fun cause you can "play" with them... My brother-in-law has been converted and now is looking for the right BP for him.