Who's to say that snakes are not sentient beings? I've heard many people say that snakes feel fear, or they feel safe, or they feel stress. Why not feel love then? Some are saying that they may have feelings but not complex enough to be called love. Yet no one can even seem to agree on an absolute definition of love. Everyones individual life experiences of love are different so our definitions of love will be slightly different. At the very least you can say that no one can read a snakes mind so it seems kind of ridiculous to say that they "absolutely" can or can not love. I don't know if my snake loves me but he seems comfortable around. My question is this; 'Why is it so offensive to some that others think their snakes may love them.'?