[spetznaz]

Puppies do have the benefit of being totally cute ...and easy to hug. There is the doggy breath problem but i am sure that would not bother you.

Snakes only make good 'pets' only if you know what you are doing.(i think they are more 'specimens' than 'pets' since you really can't interact with them) Sadly though most people buying that lil' Burmese python have no idea one day it shall be 20 feet in length.

20 feet is much longer (and bigger) than a 4 foot child, or even the 6 foot parent.

Here is a picture of a 20 foot Burmese python. Enjoy:

Wait a minute....let me take something back. I said the dog would be easier to hug. Nah, the snake would be much easier to hug ....it even specializes in hugs that could make a bear squeel for its mama.

I hear they are pretty good a french kissing too with that flickering tongue and all.

[alnitak]

Spetz, ahh, you found the site I was looking for earlier. The stories on http://www.anapsid.org/louisbaby.html are pretty good/scary.

[cyborg]

I saw a baby ball python once. It was sooo cute. Cute till the lady said it grows to be about fifteen feet. I pictured that thing scaring my mother into an early grave.

[nuconvert]

BIG snake Pong