Ball pythons are almost never strictly a look but don't touch animal. Yours isn't even defensive or biting- fleeing and hiding is definitely normal behavior for a hatchling. If she flees into a hide, just lift the hide and pick her out to gently work with a few minutes a day (assuming she is a good eater). And over time, she'll be a chill adult as well.
As for other species of snakes, there are definitely snakes that are never comfortable with handling, or they are very hard to work with to tame if they have a strong tendency to bite all the time, always get very stressed out, etc so it makes it not worth the effort anyway and is hard on the snake. Not all animals can become pets that you can eventually handle.
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