Why do people have so much hates for snakes.

[Albert Clark]

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.

Well, I am not referring to keepers who are out there in controlled settings and doing educational seminars. The few of us out there in the public eye with snakes around their necks and walking into stores and public places where a snake most certainly will be frowned upon and probably really terrify others. And just looking to impress others by having a large or huge snake out in the open. IMO, this is not the type of exposure snakes or snake keepers need.