Taming/Bonding Question

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FYI, the snakes I took are all established adults, about 10-11 years old that I've raised (or had since a year old or less). I wouldn't take an elderly snake for obvious
reasons, nor one that's under a few years of age, but I've never had any of my snakes "mis-behave" or appear to suffer any ill effects afterwards from such programs,
even though 3 hours IS a long time. (I've done 4 hours at this event in the past, but 3 is better & long enough.) It's so much fun watching the faces of both children
and adults when they can see & touch a snake up close, and realize just how gentle & mellow snakes can be. This event is held in a huge air-conditioned building
at the fairgrounds, by the way...it's way too hot outside. The snake I worried most about was my corn snake, as they prefer to be cooler, whereas my spotted python
loves warm hands, & Trans Pecos rat snakes are from the desert. The larger bodied snakes (like my huge Florida rat snakes, or such as a boa or ball python) take a
lot longer before they'd be overly warm with so many hands on them, but as I said, I rotated "break-times" using separate plastic display cages on the table.

This sort of casual education is work & takes planning, but the reward is hearing so many people say things like they never expected to like snakes so much.