What is the dumbest thing anyone has asked about your snake?

[Eddie_Z]

I thought about puttin this in the BP general topic area but I didn't want to exclude other snake owners. What is the silliest thing that anyone has ever asked you about your snake? I got the idea to ask this question the other nite. A female friend of mine came over for a few minutes & she had her boyfriend with her. I had Hissy out before-hand cuz i didn't know she would be stoppin by. So, I let them in & as I am lettin her crawl all over my face & on my hands & arms, he asks me, "Is it poisonous?"

Um, DUDE, if it were poisonous would I let her just crawl all over me like that!!?? I just thought that it was a really silly question & my friend (his girl) made fun of him for askin a stupid question. I didn't because I realize that the more people we educate on snakes, the better we are as herp enthusiasts. I would never tell him that I thought his question was stupid, but I wondered if you had similar stories.

[Smynx]

Same question. My sister said to me one day, "so they're not poisonous?" We've had snakes for quite a while now, and she just got around to asking me this like two weeks ago. She even let her 3 year old son hold one of them a few months ago (even though she herself won't even touch one). But that's what made the question so ridiculous - that she had just then thought to ask.

[Ken]

My favorite: If you keep them in a small tank, they'll stay small, right?

I usually tell them, "They'll stay small if you only feed them sawdust, but they don't live as long that way."

K

[Sassafrass]

My favorite dumb question is "It's SLIMEY isn't it???"

My favorite answer is "Uhh, yeah. Can't you see the trail of goo he's leaving behind?"

I know I'm rotten.

i always talk to all my family about snakes i want to get

and every time i say anything to my grandma about getting a new snake, she always, and i mean ALWAYS goes "is that the one that bites?"

and if i try to argue, she acts like she doesnt know that im there

but i do say "they all can bite when they are babies, just gotta tame 'em"

[The_Godfather]

Everyone, and I mean everyone, asks if they've bit me.

[First_time_herp]

I've been asked if a Ball python could constrict me. I laughed so hard. And alot of people ask me if their slimy. I just answer:
"Touch one and find out."

[Marla]

"Aren't you worried it will eat your children?"

Ummm ... no.

[elevatethis]

Luckily I haven't encountered too much ignorance but I almost always get "Does it have teeth?" I mean I guess that's not too bad, most people I know are very open-minded and although they don't "get it" as far as reptiles go, they are always interested to hear more about them and enjoy when I bring the animals out and let them interact.

i also get more of comments from people

like, we went to regal reptiles (me, my 2 cousins, and my aunt)

and my cousins would be like "oh thats very poionous, it makes your skin fall off" (talking about a RTB!!! hehe, im getting one, wonder what he will think)

and he alo makes comments about how big teeth are, on bearded dragons!!

and he called a savanah monitor a gila monster..... :shock:


but, i take it easy on him, he's only eight, i just tell him the facts, and tell him to look online if he wants to learn more about snakes


but.....if it were one of my brothers, i would freak out on them, make a big scene, use foul language, and then end with some type of analagy (sp?)

show them to be stupid and ignorant