keepinfish;4683122; said:I had a fly land on me a few minutes ago. I swatted him and killed him. IT was a pest. I was only commenting because to me a snake is no different. Some people may love insects. They may be pests to some of you too, but how do you know this snake was not a pest to this guy? Maybe it was a threat to him? Maybe his "pet" was about to get eaten, or he was afraid it could bite the neighborhood kid? I keep Stingrays, however if i lived in brazil and my children were getting stung or a chance of getting stung, i would kill them. Does this make it wrong?
It's different. The fly landed on you, and could carry disease. Stingrays can potentially harm people. These bastards caught the Snake outside, not in their house, and killed it for no reason. A Corn Snake can do absolutely no harm to a human.
good one