Quote Originally Posted by jclaiborne View Post
I hear some of the best comments at the SD Safari Park and the SD Zoo, I end up hanging around the reptile area just to people watch at this point because it cracks me up. One of my favorites was when they had an albino berm on display (couldn't have been more than 7ft) and everyone was looking at it and it yawned and one of the older ladies standing there goes "good lord it must be looking at us like we are meals it just opened its mouth at us, I could only imagine what that bite would feel like, it just grosses me out" (here comes the shocking part, one of the young girls that was a volunteer there) looks at them and goes "this is a small one, their bite isn't that bad I was working with a WILD CAUGHT Reticulated Burmese python once that was 16ft long and it bit me, those are some of the worst snakes to work with talk about pain." My first reaction was a mix of hmmm and oh cool they have a hybrid here, but it couldn't have been wild caught so I asked and she goes "no no its not a hybrid it is a species of snake that they have found over is asia", and my 6 year old looks at her and goes "no that's not correct I think you are confused, dad lets go this makes my head hurt". Grabs my hand and pulls me away haha.
Haha your sons quote was awesome. I have totally listened to what people say about snakes at the SD Zoo. I am always so happy when I hear somebody who knows what they are talking about or even knows snakes aren't bad. But more often then not people will talk trash about snakes, calling them "Satan", if you think they are "Satan" then why are you in the reptile area? Confusing, another example is people purposely avoid a snake that is moving and active. Like the sight of a moving snake is to much for them and will go to a cage with a snake that is resting.