My daughter and I both do educational shows at schools and such with our snakes. We have a couple kingsnakes and a couple ball pythons. I'd like to add a slightly bigger snake, but very placid (kids often make too quick movements around my snakes - you tell them not to, but it happens) and a reasonable size for me and eventually my daughter to carry around while educating. We're both rather slight, 5'1". I've been thinking of getting a baby male snake, either a pure hog island or a cauker island, and raise it as I did my other 4 educational snakes. Or perhaps trying to work with my husband's 2 year-old male dumerils.
I'm really not sure which way to go, and would appreciate all advice and suggestions. And feel free to suggest a snake I haven't thought of, if you think it'd be great for this! Thanks! 
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Best boa for Educational work?
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Depending on how big the ball python is, a male hogg may not exceed it's legth (you said you want a snake that's a bit larger.) I like the Dumeril idea. They usually stay the ideal size, they can be really placid, and they are a great example of a species that is declining in the wild and needs to be protected, a message that needs to get across. That makes it great for your educational purposes. Good luck.
I take my Brazilian Rainbow Boa's to the kids schools every year. Very colorful and only get 5-6 feet long.
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Thanks,
Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"
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0.2 kids
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1.1 Ball python
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1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
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