I took these pictures at a Reptile Zoo in Monroe, WA. They have a better collection than the Seattle Zoo. WA state law does not allow venomous reptiles (grandfathered in is allowed).

Although they have an excellent collection, all their snakes are venomoids - did not know that until I visited the place. (Btw, you made an astute observation - how did you know?) The owner takes the snakes (venomoids and non-venomous) to schools and teach kids about snakes and conservation. So there is some benefit to it, although one could argue that he could just use the non-venomous for demo and leave the venomous intact.

I have more pictures since photography is something that I enjoy! But I don't want to offend the forum by posting pictures of venomoids.

And no, although I love snakes don't have any! My close encounters in the wild were with an adult saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) which I nearly stepped on, free handling Green vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) - yes I was young and did not know better and occasional Naja naja sightings. Also, I have dived with two other types of sea snakes - the Olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) and the yellow lipped sea kraits (Laticauda colubrina). The attached picture is of a L. colubrina hiding amongst the mangrove trees. They were 10-12 of them in one tree hole. And there were many trees in that island. It was heaven.

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