Love this prompt!
My 6th grade science teacher had all kinds of snakes in his classroom (sand boa, bp, brb, etc.) and used to let students come in before school started every few weeks to hold the snake while he cleaned the tanks. I went early every single time for the entire year! I was even bitten by the sand boa but it didn't deter my curiosity one bit. I had no idea there were so many morphs and as soon as I saw my first BEL, I fell in love. We now have a normal, banana, and BEL, and are hoping to add more once we get some more space!