I can't remember that I ever was. I was taught from a young age, growing up in the desert, to watch your step. I once came across a very fat healthy rattler on a hiking trail that was in the process of eating a small rabbit. Even then I was fascinated and observed it from a safe distance.
In junior high I volunteered to help my teacher care for his animal collection and that included two boas, a ball python, and a kingsnake.
I guess whatever instinct was supposed to be there wasn't there! LOL! But it's funny, I show photos of my pets to people at work and some start to shudder even at the mention of snake, and won't look.
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