Tyson wasn’t always fond of the scaled creatures but after his time in the Middle East he became fond of them. Watching them move across the sand and up trees had been his only source of entertainment for a long time. He’d learnt to appreciate them since. Before he found Lily they were his only company for long periods of time.He prefers the smaller ones, but he still finds the medium and large ones interesting.
Snakes like this lil’ guy, and this jackass.
He has a definite bias to smaller snakes, and especially stripped snakes like corn snakes and California king snakes. However, there isn’t a type of snake that Tyson actually dislikes. Boas are cool and, after far too much time watching nature documentaries, Tyson knows more about sea snakes than he ever thought possible.
The time he spent crossing from Afghanistan to India, through Pakistan, with The Colonel led to some close calls with venomous snakes, but the closest was during his army service in Afghanistan.
He was patrolling alongside multiple jeeps whilst they were removing landmines from the roadside. The sound of multiple engines, even when moving slowly enough to accommodate those on foot beside them, was more than enough to drown out any warning hisses from the Caspian cobra; one of the most venomous snakes in the world.
Tyson was very fortunate that the cobra’s bite only caught the padding of his boot. He’s seen plenty of soldiers brought back to camp after a snake bite went straight through their boots.