Why the fuck do people need a snake, an alligator, tiger or even an attack dog in their home?
it's ridiculous. ESPECIALLY when you have kids. these are wild animals, or trained to kill animals, you cannot for one second be sure they won't attack you, or your kids.
I keep snakes: Anacondas (both Green and Yellow), Retic python (extremely intelligent), African rock python and some Australian species among others.
I find them beautiful and interesting. Almost all my animals are captive bred and quite "tame" for example the reticulated python is soft as a puppy as are the anacondas but the African rock python is something else; I only trust myself to handle her, and all the others are held by family under my watch.
All are kept in secured vivariums with no chance of escape (glass is also strengthened). The only time you're in danger of a bite is if you get the scent of rodents on your hands or interrupt them whilst eating... I also only trust myself to feed them.
Quite frankly the person keeping the snake in the article is a idiot; other people interested in herpetology and reptile keeping aren't simply because of one extreme case.
How many idiots posting in this thread think drugs should be legal yet whine when the media portrays a case where the murderer/thief was under the influence of drugs when the crime was committed...