Quote Originally Posted by houchen View Post
In China ,just the same with US .some people fear snakes to the bone and some don't afraid them but also don't like them ,only a minority love this creature.according to the traditional Chinese saying especially north China that snakes are little dragon if you hurt or kill a snake, the snake's spirit won't let you go and you get a bad luck.so in some places of China like my hometown it is a forbidden to kill snake.
Those photos were taken at pet shop.

That explains it! I was born in the year of the Dragon and share a kindrid spirit with the snake!