Talking of snakes........
As children, when we had visitors from England or Australia staying at our house in Ceylon, they always slept in the front bedroom. This was fortuitous, as there were some small vents under the main windows through which we could introduce a rat snake. Great fun to watch the subsequent proceedings!
My father thought it strange that they came into the house seemingly only when we had visitors, but we were never caught!
Children nowadays just don't know how to behave - not like us oldies!
Oh, an another thing, we were taught never to pull the toilet chain in the dark - evidently snakes love the cold of the metal chain!
While I'm giving you nightmares, I'll leave you with this comforting thought - I never jump out of bed and put my slippers on - I always empty them first - Scorpions you know! What here in the UK? We'll you can never be too careful!
Paul