Snakes!! Where does one begin? Most people have an opinion about snakes, good or bad. The cry, “Snake!” will send some people running away and others running closer to get a glimpse. Many snakes (and animals that resemble them) are killed daily, purely from human ignorance. Naturalists who try to educate people are told that they “just don’t understand” that people need to “protect their kids and pets” and “have to kill snakes” so they don’t “poison somebody,” or that snakes “chase people.” Of course, none of that is correct. While, logically, the concept that merely lacking appendages makes an organism somehow sinister or aggressive seems laughable, it is no laughing matter that people are intentionally eradicating these beneficial organisms.
This lesson is part of Certified Herpetological Guide. Enrollment is self-paced, with no deadline to finish (about 50 hours).
