Most of the people that have came to visit me think of snakes as slimy and gross and evil....when they arrive; when i go to take one out they nearly run away but as i tell them about the snakes and how each has it own personality and so on, they become more and more interested. Before long I have people coming to visit my snakes and Im the one they take a quick look at lol.

Its a very basic instinct to fear what we don't understand, sadly this often results in death. As much as I hate to see someone hurt an innocent animal for no reason (i am a firm believer in hunting for food) I know that it will do far more good to explain to that person that his/her actions were unnecessary and that animal will cause no harm.

I work with a guy that is terrified of snakes and he told me about a huge garter he seen on the road that was at least 3 feet long (he said 4-5 so i figured about 3 lol) and he turned his car in order to kill the snake and then backed up to hit it again. My first thought was to punch this guy in the head and start yelling at him about being evil and stupid but instead I told him that he had killed an old female snake that was most likely carrying a full batch of babies...I could tell that he felt really bad and really stupid. I have since taught this guy a lot about garters and he seems very interested, he actually wants to go out herping with me sometime.