If you still imagined snakes as evil creatures waiting to attack, this lesson might not make sense. But you know better now. Snakes want the same things other animals want: food, water, shelter, a mate. So maybe it is not so surprising that you can find videos online of people lounging on the couch with a pet cobra, or picking up a rattlesnake barehanded to move it off a road. Are there people who have handled venomous snakes with no tools and no protection and never been hurt? Sure. There are also people who have driven for years without a crash. The question is where reasonable risk ends and recklessness begins.
This lesson is part of Certified Junior Herpetologist. Enrollment is self-paced, with no deadline to finish (about 30 hours).
