Its amazing the things about snakes that are coming out these days as people spend more time with the animal, rather than just breeding. I have been trying to find ways to prove they are smarter than most think, but they have a way about them that is not like any other critter. I really think he did return to his birth place for a good reason. Its intriguing too, because he did it in an environment he did not know, and returned to one he was familiar with. I used to call them a compass with one direction, maybe that is a little more true than I thought.