I may be taunting it in the video to show you how to handle a snake like this but trust me that snake is very defensive and Strikes at everything whether you are taunting it or even around it. It strikes at anything near its bin when it is open. You don't know the snake nor do you know how it behaves when it is not in the video so how could you possibly make that assumption. It's pretty wise advice to not assume that you know the behavior of other people's animals better than they do.