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Dear Strike_Force_Reptiles I use hooks and sticks as an aid for handling venomous snakes regularly and so can't be too opposed to them, BUT, don't kid yourself about snakes liking them.
They tolerate them at best....
Snakes can and do adapt to handling with hands and due to the thermal properties of the human hand (hot in cold and cold in hot, relative to the environment), snakes learn to like being handled, especially in places like where we live (Melbourne Australia) where the ambient temperature is often too cold (usually) and occasionally too hot for snake's comfort.
As a rule, all snakes prefer free handling to hooks, sticks and the like and hence from the animal wefare point of view, free handling always wins.
Ask almost any owner of a python or colubrid, who free handles their pet daily and ask them why they don't use a stick.
ALL THE BEST
ALL THE BEST
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