“A Snake Is A Snake, Is A Snake”
I was once told a joke about a snake that was found in the snow, he was freezing from the cold, a young man found him and was afraid to pick him up because he was a snake. The snake started begging the young man to help him get warm because he was so cold. The snake told the young man that he could put him under his his shirt next to his body, so he could get warm; the young man told him no, because he was a snake, that bite people. well the snake begged and pleaded and promised not to bite him if he helped him. So, against the young mans better judgement, he picked up the snake that was almost frozen, rubbed him and put him under his shirt to keep warm. The snake enjoyed the warmth of the young man body, the snake got so warm and comfortable, that he remembered that he was a snake and bit the young man. As the young man lay dying, he asked the snake why. The snake, smiled and said, I’m sorry I couldn’t help myself, but you knew I was a snake.
A snake is a snake.
A tiger is a tiger.
A marxist is a marxist.
All snakes are not the same. Most of them are quite beneficial. They eat rodents which carry the plague and other diseases as well as damaging human crops.
That story is about a particular kind of snake - an adder - a venomous European critter and the author of that story is Aesop in Aesop’s Fables.