Agreed. I didn't mean the snake would feel something akin to affection. And I didn't mean it would hesitate to eat you. I meant if might feel some kind of appre

Agreed. I didn't mean the snake would feel something akin to affection. And I didn't mean it would hesitate to eat you. I meant if might feel some kind of appreciation of you (the handler) being around because of all past good stimuli. After all, it's not social, but it might have a use for such a feeling in the wild, to learn about good hunting conditions. (This is all so much speculation and I have no great hope snakes might feel anything at all.)