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    Yeah, but you're saying that your animal apparently displays stress in a way entirely unique to her species. I am not narrow-minded; the snakes are. There's really not a whole lot of behavioral variation there. Sure, you will have some more tolerant of handling than others, some more aggressive than others; the situations in which they express stress, aggression, or fear may be slightly different, but the actual expression of those things is going to look very similar regardless of the animal.

    It's not going to kill your snake to take it outside or whatever, so I don't really care, but all the things you listed as reasons she likes it are signs of stress which, as I said, looks pretty much the same from snake to snake. If I told you my dog growls and snaps when he's happy and wants to be petted, you'd probably rely on your own understanding of dog behavior and decide I'm wrong and you don't want to pet him while he's growling and snapping at you.
    3.0 Thamnophis sirtalis,
    1.1 Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus
    0.1 Python regius
    1.0 Litorea caerulea
    0.1 Ceratophrys cranwelli
    0.1 Terrapene carolina
    0.1 Grammostola rosea
    0.1 Hogna carolinensis
    0.0.1 Brachypelma smithi

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