Burms and Retics- Have had giants of both. I agree that retics are likely the more intelligent of the two, but my 16ft. burm was not at all a stupid animal. Had to take the handle off of his cage (inside door knob of a walk in closet) cause he figured out that all he had to do was crawl on it enough and that eventually it would open. He had been in every room of the house that way (except my sisters), so naturally he would always go straight to that closed door and would again crawl on the handle and attempt "open" the door (we kept hers locked with a bolt).

My neighbor down the street (two houses down and accross the street), loved him so much that he would not put chlorine in his spa so that my snake would soak in it (even with occasional accidents in the waterIf you let him outside, 10 out of 10 times he would cross the street, go straight to his fence, climb it (6 ft wood fence) and go straight into the spa. It was hilarious. Not the tidings of an animal as stupid as a rock. As far as owner recognician, I do think he was able to recognize me, but with retics there is absolutely no doubt about it, they recoginize you. Lots of retics are super gentle, but as far as the general numbers go in my opinion there is not a sweeter more gentle snake than a burm- Curt

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