The thing about reptile stores is that there seem to be two categories: * The scientific types, where the have family histories longer than your typical Europe

The thing about reptile stores is that there seem to be two categories: * The scientific types, where the have family histories longer than your typical European monarch's for each animal, and a temperature and humidity control system more powerful than your smartphone to maintain EXACT OPTIMAL CONDITIONS to optimize lifespan and breeding yield. * The people who can't resist "just another snake" until the wife says "unless you want to turn the place into a reptile shop, we can't get another one", and they call the bluff. I've been visiting a shop that's clearly the latter lately; one has to remember to shut the door when entering lest something wander out into the neighbourhood. I suspect your 'Snake Cafe' might have been a riff on that strategy where he doesn't actually have to sell the snakes.