I think it's funny that you're suggesting I use "super-long & well padded fireplace gloves" with a snake that has a head smaller than the tip of my pinkie. It just goes to show how ferocious Antaresia can be, but a least he's not a retic. With apologies to all the retic lovers out there, but every time Wiggles bites me I think, "Thank God he's not a retic."
Well, it wasn't a real serious suggestion anyway...I was laughing. But frozen gloves might feel good, especially in the summertime?
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer(1902 - 1983)
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” ~ Gandhi