I totally agree with Jenn, in fact I had been thinking about making a similar post.

Yes, snakes bite. So do cats, dogs... almost any animal that is kept as a pet. But most of the time when you have a video loop that is only a few seconds long, cat people, dog people, etc aren't going to use part of that valuable time showing one of those animals biting.

I think it is worse because the person getting bitten basically panics, drops the snake, and runs away. Pat pointed out that this is a big facility where the snakes don't get handled as often and so they don't get as tame as pet snakes do. Ok... but shouldn't that also mean that the people handling them should have lots of experience and therefore be able to react more calmly?

Like Jenn said, I know snakes bite. I've been bitten by my own snake. So to me, I don't see that clip as a negative thing. But how will others see it? Especially those who don't like snakes or maybe are on the fence? When we, the herp community, have the choice of putting out a few seconds of video clip, why choose one that falls more on the "bad press" end of the spectrum? If a clip with lots of action was wanted, choose a feeding clip that isn't as slow motion as the feeding clip chosen. I don't know about the rest of you, but every time I've ever seen a snake feeding, it has struck and coiled much faster than that one. It is a cool clip because of being able to see what is happening instead of a blur, but I just mentioned this due to the "if more action was wanted" angle.

I watched a show called "The Big Squeeze" (I think) which was supposed to be all about the giant constrictors. I was tremendously disappointed that a big percentage of the time was spent on attacks on humans. While I think mentioning that it does happen and can be fatal for the human is responsible, I think devoting so much time to it blows it out of proportion and people watching it may end up with the idea that most people who own giant snakes end up either dead or at least having experienced a life threatening attack. The same is true for this little snakebytes ad... about 1/3 of it is a snake attacking a human. But that isn't 1/3 of what snakes are about. Why not choose to show more of the positive stuff?

I know the ad is something put together by snakebytestv, not bp.net. I hope they'll decide to change it.