I've always wondered, does a literal snake pit like that (i.e. a pit containing a whole lot of snakes) serve any useful purpose besides facilitating displays of badassery?
> I've always wondered, does a literal snake pit like that (i.e. a pit containing a > whole lot of snakes) serve any useful purpose besides facilitating displays of > badassery?
The local(ish) shitty zoo used to have a pit for snakes. It was not used for anything other than keeping the snakes away from the people.
Last time I saw it was more than half my life ago, so I can't describe it well. Apparently they do have occasional "snake handling" demonstrations now. The web site is poorly planned and incomplete.