woman in NY dead from Mamba Bite

You guys/gals that keep hots are fascinating to me, in a respectful way. I can't even conceive of the focus it must take. I get bitten by my parrots all the time. Sometimes I'm even attacked by an angry gecko hatchling. I'd be dead in 5 minutes with these snakes! However, I'm also a scuba diver, have been for 30 years. I would think absolutely nothing of large sharks or entering dark shipwrecks. So to each their own.
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It really is to each their own. I am sure the people that keep hots don't ever forget what they are dealing with. If you forget that you are dealing with an animal that could put you down for good for even a second then it could be all over. I remember when I lived in Alabama and I would find Timber Rattlesnakes and I would catch them and move them say off the road or take them away from houses, and as soon as I would get close enough to pin their head, my legs would start shaking really bad and I would get so nervous. I knew what would happen to me if I got bit by one and me being probably 2 hours from the nearest hospital. I believe when keeping hots, it is all about respect and respecting them for what they are and respecting them for the potential damage that they can cause.

I find venomous snakes very interesting. I have always wanted a Gaboon Viper and some Eyelash Vipers but I never got one yet. They are just amazing in their own rights and I am sure to the right people they make amazing animals to keep.