Quote Originally Posted by Albert Clark View Post
There is a real perceived fear among a big part of the population. People who are devoutly religious top the list. There are those few that will tell you outright that they hate snakes bc of either a bad experience or grew up with a learned hatred of snakes. That's why it's our responsibility as keepers to educate those that care to learn and not parade our animals out in public in a show off type of manner and remember people have genuine fears of snakes.
I try my best to teach everyone I can the only time I have any of my reptiles out in public is when I'm teaching the kids at my local school and they all love them there is the few that are hesitant at first but after they see the rest coming up to them they come up and see them.