snakes will always be the "bad guy"

[JimmyDavid]

The "normal" citizen (mind you that we are the freaks, yikes!!) will never believe that a snake can also be a docile creature. No sir.
I have an aunt that can't stand snakes. Of course, she never had one, therefore. But she did have a german sheppard for several years that just woke up one day and decided to kill her (nearly did). But i guess the snake will always be the bad guy, anyway.

Every now and then, comes to mind that famous case of that woman from Vancouver that was ordered to get rid of her 5 meter python. They said it was a vicious animal that could kill her son at any second (sure, look at the pic below and you'll see they are the deadliest of enemies).
When she explainned that the snake was very tame, they still came up with "justification", it carried salmonella. Those gentlemen seem to forget that any Amazon parrot can have 3 times more salms than a python. But i understand them...birds are cute, snakes are not.