anthropomorphizing, anyone?
"enjoy each other's company?"
"snake calmed by another?"
"curled up together" (lovingly, I'm sure)
"no emotional dislikes, either" (who said emotional?)
People, listen. It certainly isn't on the husbandry "no-no list" up there with never changing substrate, but we ARE talking about reptiles here. Yes many herps have a built in instinct to protect their clutch of eggs, and our observations are most easily put into human terms. Wrongly, in my opinion, but understandable. If two snakes are curled up together, the hide or habitat was what they both sought out. As for the statement that it's better to keep two in a large viv than one in a small box, rubbish. As long as that small box is kept clean, I assure you a cornsnake would "prefer" the small box. If they had water, food and mates come to them in the wild, they'd seldom move.