well im not saying its written in stone that they are pals lol, im say it appears the snake is well aware of what he is doing and likes to mess with the white feeders. he takes interest in them. just will not strike. for all we know the BP could have just been thinking im going to poke this thing. no ideas. but it has happened more then once for me where it appears that the Snake is just screwing with the white feeder, and doesn't eat it