an ammendment to my previous statement:

My girlfriend is scared of big snakes. She doesn't want to feed or hold 8 foot 25+ boas, and she wants a nice pane of glass between her and a 16 foot retic.

Which is understandable, and better than having no respect for their abilities. I wouldn't want to be bit and wrapped by a 16 foot retic. It's not about it being a snake, it's just about being a large undomesticated animal. Dogs and horses and cowsshe's ok with because they're domesticated, but similar to big snakes she doesn't feel comfortable in close proximity to uncaged alligators, sharks, bison, chimps(lol)...