Keeping Copperheads

[toddnbecka]

To each their own, but personally I'd never keep a venomous snake. Gotta consider the danger to myself, family, dogs, and even neighbors in the event of an escape. With all the great non-venomous options available that aren't potentially deadly what's the point? If you're doing it professionally that's another matter, but no way just as a hobby or a pet.
Back in my teens I imagined that keeping a Komodo dragon would be really cool. Even asked about it at the local pet shop (not realizing that they're a protected species) and I was asked "Why would you want something that's more dangerous than a crocodile?" Come to think of it, even Steve Irwin never tackled one of those...