On TV I see (so-called) snake handlers grabbing deadly snakes by the tail and/or holding the neck behind the head. Why doesn Raymond Hoser do this with his snakes in his shows?
A/ Deadly snakes are “tailed” and “necked” because it is sometimes the only safe way to avoid (or reduce risk of) deadly bite. That is for the handler’s protection, not the snake’s benefit. Venomoid snakes have the advantage of not needing to be handled that way. The human equivalent of these methods is being grabbed and held in a head lock for “necking” or grabbed by the penis and their weight being held off the ground by the penis when “tailing”. In snakes the genitalia are in the tail region. Hence both “tailing” and “necking” while commonly used, are extremely painful and cruel for the snake. Venomoid snakes can avoid this day-to-day cruelty by being handled appropriately for their welfare, as in having their full body weight supported mid-body and no undue restriction, stress or pain (in the same way we appropriately handle harmless pythons). Based on what’s now known, it’d be cruel to frequently handle by “tailing” and “necking” a venomous snake species, hence all snakebusters re
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