Great update. I know I've seen some research that snakes can definitely hear within the ranges of human speech, though they hear best with lower rather than higher tones. I talk to mine all the time as part of habituating them - it just seems like one more area where we can help them become familiar with us.
I talk to mine too, especially if I'm holding them. I figure it can't hurt & might help- whatever works.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer(1902 - 1983)
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