Why do people keep venomous snakes as pets?

Some people keep them not as pets but as tools so to speak. I personally will never own a venomous animal aside from my foxface in my reef tank I don't own anything venomous. And I do not plan on getting anything venomous. read more

Most people keep venomous snakes for the “extreme factor" of it, but also most people who do get venomous snakes tend to have them de-fanged so they can't get venom into the blood stream. read more

None of these people however are regarded with quite the same level of skepticism that keepers of venomous pet snakes are. Most people aren’t overly comfortable with the idea of snakes being kept as pets anyhow, but add a little venom to the mix and it sends most people over the edge. read more