reptiles are in my opinion less dangerous than dogs...also when a family has a big snakeif snake and it kills a child id blame the parents for not securing the snake correctly...happend in florda and the parents lost both their girl and the snake (killed snake tryn to save girl) ....they didnt put the lid on right and didnt blame snake but the media did.if a snake kills someone everyone goes into shock....if a dog kils some one noone even knows about it because it happens so often.ALSO stupidity is common in pet trade in my opinion everyone should be subject to a test to determin if they can care for any animal they want to purchase when it gets to adult size, if they cant then they cant have it until they can!