Thank you all for the nice comments.
What's always interesting in Fiji, where we have an ethnic split between the original Melanesian inhabitants who are mainly Christian, and the third or fourth generation immigrant population originally from India who are mainly Hindu, is the difference in attitude to snakes.
Although they have all been born and raised in the same natural environment and with the same education, those who were taught Bible stories about the garden of Eden etc., are deathly afraid of snakes and have to be persuaded to even enter a room with one in it, whereas those who have gods with snake companions are much more chill.
Even so, with a bit of gentle handling we are usually able to get through the barriers in half an hour or so.
