Warning :Dont Feed Snakes In Their Tanks..

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

So what would be the best technique to feed these snorkers?

walk in, put hands in air, and proclaim "take me, snek lords!"

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

walk in, put hands in air, and proclaim "take me, snek lords!"

Oh wait I forget step one: remove clothes. You don't want anyone choking on your t-shirt.

 

[The Snark]

walk in, put hands in air, and proclaim "take me, snek lords!"

In actuality, common sense and homespun wisdom prevails in what would otherwise be a tag gauntlet in those containments.
* Feeding is done before 06:00 when the inmates are cold and laconic. None of the un-natural constant warm temperature of a reptile house or room. Snakes also live longer, sometimes by several years, when they are allowed to have a cool down period every 24 hours.
* Practice. Pay close attention to each snake's head. Learn to recognize instantly, innately, when a snake is kicked back or a loaded gun.
* Back up handler. In close quarters the back up person automatically grasped my belt or piece of my clothing, ready to give a warning yank. Four eyes always see more than 2.
* Proximity. Never get closer than X to the head of a snake. With pythons it's 2 feet. Less than that and you won't be able to react to a strike fast enough. Your reaction is the basic karate kata of a hand sword making a deflecting sideways sweep, NOT simply trying to dodge to the side or back.
* Know your snakes. Most are opportunity strikers, but a few, Hannah being the poster child, may zoom at you first.
With the above memorized and practiced I'm reasonably safe walking through that python containment I nicknamed 'bulldog alley'.

 

[Andrea82]

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