Snake people, get in here!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I had a cobra slide into the Holiday Inn pool with one once when our ship was visiting Pattaya Beach, Thailand. The tourists were flipping out. I just kept on eye on it and the pool guy dipped it out and threw it over a fence, into another hotel's swimming pool.

My guts would probably turn to pudding.

I woke up with an anaconda in my sleeping bag on trip up a side stream of the Amazon once. Couldn't see what kind it was, and was catching hell for "sleeping through breakfast" when the skipper started nudging a large lump at the bottom of my bag. Slide out quiet-like and went about his business. He had evidently climbed on board via the lines tied to the trees on the bank.

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It's a much better pet than fish. So keep it. You'll need more fish though. Much more.

I found a pedigree cocker spaniel for a lady friend in San Diego. It was in the pound for eating $2,000 worth of koi from the neighbor's pool. (Arsey farsey "garden" apartments.