One of the reasons I even remotely consider breeding my snakes in a few years is to potentially donate offspring to the local schools for educational purposes. Kids are willing to learn. Some adults are, as well, and maybe there could be some trickle-up education. I've already had several teachers who were very interested in the idea, not only for the chance at a classroom pet, but also the different morphs to demonstrate genetics.

Some of the foolishness I've encountered around here:

"Snakes are evil! I run over every one I can."

"Bull Snakes and Rattlesnakes interbreed, and the offspring are venomous with no rattles. You can't trust a Bull Snake not to be venomous!" - I've heard that from multiple individuals. Those are the two most common snakes around here, theoretically, though I've yet to personally see a rattler that I could confirm. I had a lovely big Bull living on my property... until someone ran over her.

Now, I have seen one thing that may give people the misconception that a Bull could be 'part rattler', and it was awesome to see. I had someone call me to make sure the baby they found wasn't a rattlesnake, since their toddler found it. It was a little Bull, but they had it in a bucket. It was rattling its tail against the side of the bucket, coiled up, head reared up and flattened out into a triangle. Emulating a rattle snake. I'd read about that, but I hadn't seen it. As soon as I let it go well away from any houses, its head sleeked down again and it slithered off just as mild as can be into some rocks. Unfortunately, I completely forgot to take any pictures.

Today I had two people give me looks of horror when I said I had snakes, and both said that they can't stand them and wouldn't want a snake anywhere near them. After five minutes of telling them about mine, they want to meet them.