I know a guy who back when he was in high school got together with a buddy figuring that they'd catch a bag full of snakes and leave it in a locker at the buddy's high school. They figured that it would be a great joke when some unsuspecting student opened his or her locker and found a bag of snakes. For some reason, the buddy decided that he'd be the lookout, and my friend would go into the school and leave the bag in a random locker. My friend didn't know anyone and just picked a locker.
By the funniest of coincidences, he picked the locker of the kid at the school who was an enthusiastic herpetoculturist. The kid didn't jump and wasn't the least bit startled to find a bag of snakes in his locker. He was perplexed about whether they were a gift or whether he was just supposed to identify them for someone.
Bill
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.