ponders if lap dog will fit in ? no just kidding. I personally love the question don't they bite ? Like dogs, cats, goats, horses, swans,rats,mice,pike all don't or wont bite. And yes I have been bitten by all the aboved mentioned animals the horse might take the cake for pain. Simple answer if it has teeth it will bite so will kids under like 10 give or take a few years.I think people just don't have any facts on snakes other then what they get from silly movies or folk lore. Though I will never have a venomus snake in the house as I do get bit by everything. That's not out of some silly fear just a given fact at some point it would bite me.