A snake keeper proved why stealing snake eggs requires expertise, in an Instagram video posted on September 15.

Jay Brewer is the founder of Prehistoric Pets, a store specializing in snakes, lizards and other reptiles. For healthy breeding purposes, Brewer moves the snake eggs away from the mother and into a separate crate, but when he tried to do it with one of the larger snakes, she tried to attack him. Credit: Instagram/Prehistoric Pets via Storyful