Only a dumbass would pet a 17 foot snake. Hell, any snake for that matter.
Years ago, Lowell Thomas, or was it John Gunther’s HIGH ROAD showed some women temple workers in India charming and kissing cobras on the heads.
Then about thirty five years ago, the show THAT’S INCREDIBLE showed some American man kissing a rattlesnake on the head.
Yes, I do resemble that remark.
And I’m proud to say that I petted a python well over 17 feet in length!
Being a toxic male, showing off to my family, the kids were five and seven at that time.
I thought it was risky but I have an image to uphold.
The children’s section at the Brookfield Illinois Zoo, a minimum of TWENTY HANDLERS. The serpent was fed, rested, ready for a nap and all but asleep.
Yes, I touched it, but only near the middle.
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”