been playing with animals earlier at the farm. i want to play a clip from the great uncle talking about that. >> the family went to the farm. there they played with lamb mas and goats and horses. they played with dogs and cats in the hay loft and went for a ride on the farm tractor and he let them steer the tractor. that's the type of life they have and that's what we'll remember. >> could it have been that the boys still had the scent of these animals that they had been playing with earlier? could that attract the snake, you think? >> absolutely. that would be a large contributing fact tore. for example, if this snake is used to eating and being fed on a regular basis and a pet store in a captive situation, that of a pet store, this snake was most likely fed rabbits and rats and the fact the children were playing with other animals earlier in the day would attract