we have the world's knowledge at our fingertips, and yet people can't seem to google their questions. some people think "online research" is clicking the first link from google, then when they realize it doesn't help, assume it's a mystery. there's an art to goole-fu.
a lot of it could be impulse decision-making: not looking past their own gains before recognizing they are caring for a living being. the ignorance could also be a mindset of snakes being "just dumb murder machines they don't need care, and they don't poop, right??" (gosh the questions i've gotten when people learn i own snakes is astounding and a bit sad.)
the ones who chime in saying the want to get elbow-deep in breeding yet have never owned a snake is startling. these are not plug-and-play money machines, they're living beings! i would love to breed some day, but i still have a lot to learn and i recognize that. how can people not accept their ignorance and try to change it? the best we can do is try to educate them and really bring home the truth that these are animals who will rely on you for care for 20+ years.
as my father says: "it takes all kinds of people to make up this crazy world."
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