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And another idiot puts a nail in the coffin of reptile keepers.

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http://patch.com/michigan/farmington-mi/pet-scares-most-people-death-curls-around-toddler-watch
 
I'm pro-reptile but this guy is irresponsible, I've read a few of his statements and he is way off base. It would only take a few seconds for this snake to do some real damage to this baby. A whiff of food could put the snake in eating mode and wham; real trouble, he couldn't get the snake off the baby quick enough.

I read where the child protective agency is investigating hopefully they can scare some sense into him.

I regret that this 'person' represents snake keepers to the public, they don't know that he is a very small minority. There is so much wrong with this situation I could go on for a while but I'll stop my rant and hope nothing bad happens to the baby.
 
wcreptiles said:
I'm pro-reptile but this guy is irresponsible, I've read a few of his statements and he is way off base. It would only take a few seconds for this snake to do some real damage to this baby. A whiff of food could put the snake in eating mode and wham; real trouble, he couldn't get the snake off the baby quick enough.

I read where the child protective agency is investigating hopefully they can scare some sense into him.

I regret that this 'person' represents snake keepers to the public, they don't know that he is a very small minority. There is so much wrong with this situation I could go on for a while but I'll stop my rant and hope nothing bad happens to the baby.
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No, they wont. He's already made a statement that children services and the police investigated his home, held his snakes and said they told him he has nothing to worry about on the way out. The child is 14 months in the video, she's now 3 years old.

Personally I feel this guy should have kept the video to himself, yes this is just as dangerous as letting the baby climb on a dog but the rest of the world is looking at this in horror. I would never do this with my children. My 4 yr old has touched the snakes but the ones he's touched are 4ft and under plus my hand is always on the snake even if taking photos.
 
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