Apparently there are some kids that you just can't take anywhere... A man who shows snakes and other reptiles at schools, festivals and libraries says a boy who told the man he hated snakes stomped and killed the man's 10-foot-long python. Scott Braunstein said he was showing Popcorn, a nonpoisonous albino Burmese python, Sunday at the St. Bernadette Festival near Cincinnati. "The next thing I know ... the kid raises his leg and stomps down on the snake's head," Braunstein said. "The snake started convulsing." Braunstein said he saw a man grab the child and say, "This is why I don't take you anywhere," before disappearing. "I've never, never, had anything like that happen," said Braunstein, who operates House of Reptiles, based in Dry Ridge, Ky. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070823/D8R6V4AO1.html
Any kid that would do that in that setting doesn't belong out in public if he can't behave.. I happen to like snakes myself and find them fascinating.
I'm not sure why people are afraid of snakes. Snakes are not dangerous at all and they only attack when they feel peril otherwise they are harmless. I personally love the way snakes move and their soft & smooth skin This shows why people are afraid of snakes