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Blacky is very docile and can be handled very easily. It never even tried to bite me and when I open the door of the terrarium it comes out by itself. It's a very curious animal and it tries to explore every little crack and hole. Once it slipped into the upholstery of one of my chairs and I had to sit and wait until it came out again. Also, it examines its terrarium very often for possible exits (especially around the sliding door and the ventilation). That's why I have to keep the doors of the cages locked at all times.
Nobody is quite a different character. On the first day that I had the snake it bit me in the finger because it panicked when I tried to take it out of its transport box and handle it a little. That is now about two years ago and it never tried to bite me again (which most likely means that it was my own fault for handling the animal the wrong way). Still, Nobody is a very cautious snake and usually comes out only at night or when nobody is at home. As soon as anything in the room moves, it dives into the ground (which looks like a swiss cheese with all the escape holes) and is gone. Only the head is peeping out of one of the holes and the snake watches the people in the room closely.
Finally, I managed to get pictures of Nobody with the digital camera of a friend of mine. I took the two pictures when I relocated the snales into larger cages. As soon as the snake touched the soft ground it dug in to it and disappeared within a few seconds. I just managed to photograph the tail of it (lower picture).
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