martell-arianne:

thisacelovesheadcanons:

robotsandfrippary:

thespectacularspider-girl:

keyhollow:

thetatteredmind:

@keyhollow a danger noodle

A good boy

I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR HOW BIG HE WAS

mimic. 

I love how beautiful this snake is, and I understand the owner has had him for 16 years for for fuck’s sake this is not how you handle a hot snake, especially one with fangs and venom still.

All it takes is one bite.  One mess up.

Just one.

I’ve had my BP for almost 10 years now, i think, and he’s still tagged me.  

All it takes is once with a hot snake.

This is so irresponsible.

@thisacelovesheadcanons he’s a very well respected keeper and conservationist. Keeping vemomous reptiles is no greater threat than keeping other domesticated reptiles – so long as you respect them. Oracle is a wonderful cobra and has never shown defensive behaviour! They have a mutual understanding between the two, as is common between reptiles and keepers.

So hey, I love snakes too, right? I have three of the little boogers myself. But hot snakes are dangerous. Period. There need to be more than just this nebulous term of “respect” when dealing with a hot. You need to be cautious and you should never freehand them. There’s no such thing as “mutual understanding.”

All it takes is one mistake.

@wheremyscalesslither @kaijutegu @i-m-snek you guys have more experience here, help me out?