Spiny-tailed skinks are from Southeastern Australia. They grow up to 14 inches long and prefer dry conditions, including only dried branches, dried grasses, etc. in the terrarium. This aids in digestion and increases activity, simulating their wild environment more closely. A little boy and his mother were shopping there, and they came across the snakes in the back room.
People eat snakes.
It's a known fact that reptiles generally DO NOT hunt and eat humans. At least once a year, one hears nightmare stories of a baby being eaten by a python or a native of Komodo being swallowed by one of the dragons. Let's get real here. Deaths caused by reptiles usually occur because someone was careless, not because the animals feast on human flesh. Realistically speaking, deaths caused from reptiles every year are relatively few and far between.