Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Matt writes: "These were taken at the Chicago Herpetological Society's 2009 Reptilefest in April." <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mbf4755/ReptileFest+2009> _ _ _ _ _ Matt, Nice scary photos. My wife shuddered at the picture of the girl with the anaconda wrapped around her. Just an aside for New Yorkers - the largest snake collection in the New York area is in the Staten Island zoo. My niece, who worked there, told me that when they had too many snakes or when they got too big, they were taken upstate and released in a state park. The park was less than a mile from our house. But snakes, as it turns out, are good house pets. They don't make any noise and don't chase cars. The black snake living in our basement kept the house free of field mice. The only way we could tell it was there was by finding a shed skin every spring or catching a few glimpses of it when it slithered off after we turned on the basement light. But it wouldn't sit in your lap and purr or wag it's tail when you came home.