HAHA!, you're little cop car pic looks like something I would post..LOL!...too funny!

And yes, when the uneducated public is involved, as the post I used of the guy being dragged off by the cops because a caller was "frightened" is a perfect example of this. Like you said, cops tend to feel compelled to "side" with the thought(s) of the masses, especially a snake issue. And again like you stated, whatever they tell you(or "suggest" you do) is basically taken as "disorderly" if not complied with by said snake owner. This VERY Same thing has happened to me before decades ago in Ft. Lauderdale when I was much younger, ironically it was on the beach too..LOL! I was even on TV with an 11 foot Burmese Python on a show called "PM Magazine" when they were filming "Where the Boys Are" on the beach.

Times are MUCH different now then they were back then, and I used to be able to bring snakes(kingsnakes, milksnakes) to many places, even a few bars believe it or not, for the purpose of conversation, etc... and there was a good amount of interest from many. But this is something I would NEVER even consider doing nowadays.

Those were different times. Snakes will continue to remain a "taboo" subject for as long as man populates the earth, I just don't see that fact ever changing much. We are a very small exception to the population that understand most snakes are as harmless as a goldfish.


~Doug


~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

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