Well done David,keep up the good work.

I do snake educational parties.



This is a picture of me showing tourists what a Cape Cobra looked like up close

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well done!!! it's good to show kids that reptiles aren't evil monsters cruising around killing people without a second thought

I believe it will be difficult for any kid to destroy something he or she has handled and learned to appreciate.

When I do snake shows I always talk to the kids and tell them that the snakes are harmless and willnot hurt you brfore I get them out

Wrong advice. To advice anyone that snakes are harmless can and will lead to be a potential life threatening encounter. All snakes must be treated with due respect using accurate knowledge.

In the wild leave it alone must be the bottom line and know were to expect to find them so to avoid a potential confrontation.
Show snakes are show snakes but have teeth and can bite if.....

Sorry thats not the info i would give to younger children especially as your only a child yourself and you dont know everything about all snakes. maybe the ones you have yes, but like dogs they CAN and WILL bite if they are scared,and with younger children they will try to poke the said snake and the snake MAY retaliate. So please think before you start telling children or adults they they are harmless and will not bite.


This however i do agree with!

Depends on where you live as to what snakes are in your area and in the wild - what ever it is you dont touch it unless your an expert ( and i dont mean coz you have a snake or two at home)

A) you dont know if the snakes are carrying anything and B) as its in its own enviroment you will scare the life out of it and its natural for the snake to retaliate if you go near it.

For arguments sake a spitting cobra could kill you as much as look at you, thats not what i would call a harmless snake


the younger generation need to follow rules and have fast knowledge in order to understand these creatures if they are going to follow this hobby

well what i mean is that I first list the animals im brining out explain that THOSE kind are harmless. In my area we only occasionally see a copperhead. I understand you don't like me shaun but i really am not in the wrong here. But i am being mature here. I do disscuss that the kids should never approach a snake. In South Africa almost all snakes are hots in Northern VA we have one hot that only rarely come into contact with humans and at my shows I never use hots. I only use non venomous

Its not a case of someone not likeing you

Its the words you used, and a few members have picked up on that.

If what you tell them is that the snakes you are going to show them are not harmful, but that others are, then thats fair comment, although of course even the humble corn snake can leave you pouring with blood.

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