How well do our snakes know us?

[MelissaFlipski]

I don't think that will ever happen.

just sayin'

I think no.

I don't think my snakes care who puts their hand in their encloures...just as long as they are fed.

Again...I ask you...If your snake recognizes you then why would he be gone if you left his enclosure open.

I know there are a rare few that believe that he would just look for your pillow and curl up but nah ah.

and....

why would he bite you if he was in shed...or hungry?

I never said a snake wouldn't leave me. And the way it must feel to have someone help with a shed, I'd bite me, too!

This post reminds me of one I started ages ago. It also looked at the other end of the snake human relationship. Or, at least, I tried to get a better understanding of how snakes view us:
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=49584

It seems to me that snake people are just heartless, uncaring people, incapable of love, and incapable of realizing that other creatures may also have emotions. Snake people are just cruel jerks, that's all.

(Kidding guys -lol-)

Seriously though, you're gonna have to fight PRETTY darn hard to convince most of the people here that snakes think or feel any sort of emotion other than hunger. (If that could even be called an emotion.) I'm in the same boat as you, Melissa. I don't care if they'd leave me if given the chance. I feel like there's gotta be more to the whole deal. I'm not satisfied with being a heat rock in my snake's eyes. -lol-

I never said that they feel emotions - more that maybe they can detect ours. But primarily, I was trying to make my point about the blood pressure, heart and respiration rate, as well as hormones - can they detect these? (and I'll check out your thread)

I can see this is gonna make it in the QR by the end of the day.

Sorry, but I'm too new. What is QR?

I also think this is a good place to start reading for a view on how pointless it is to argue whether they do or not feel emotions. It's a tough subject to argue.
Animal_Emotions

Like I said, I never said they had emotions. I was just wondering if anyone agreed that maybe they can sense / know us more than we realize. Don't you think your snake would notice the difference if you your heart and respiration rates and blood pressure were very high? What about "smelling" fear, etc.?

Also, I never said my snake wouldn't leave me given the chance. I'm sure he'd "smell" his way to one of your homes. He probably hates living with someone as over-sensitive as me, even though he loves me.