I don't mind snakes, in fact I like them. My only problem is with Venomous snakes because they're dangerous to me and my family, where I live we have three venomous snakes to deal with, Copperheads(My dad was the first person to say rattle headed copper mocha sen, he had a little too much to drink) Cottonmouths and timber rattlers, those are the three most dangerous north American snakes and they all suck and live in my back yard, I've killed at least five timber rattlers and three copperheads in my life. I don't hate them, but they threaten my very existence so they must die, I'm fine with them as long they live away from me, I have no problem with reptiles in general, just those ones.