I was logged off for the night and was checking water dishes before bed.

My WC Katherine was busy busy busy... and I can see her lower jaw is looking dark.

I wonder if it is newsprint, rub, or something else.

This snake is very timid... but on occasion I get complacent because she is so timid.

I reach in, take her in hand... hold her up the light... and am kind of turning her around in my hand trying to get a better look at her chin.

Suddenly in slow motion... she darts out and I can see it like a bad Matrix remake. Full open 180 degree open face coming at me, I pull a Keanu and turn just enough and she just grazes me.

Had I not moved she would have hit me right between the eyes.

Of course as it is happening I am completley calm. I do not react, I do not drop her, I am the poster child of preparedness... then I put her down, leave the room, and go to light a smoke and what do you know...

... my hands are shaking.

Amazing the reflexes we develop isn't it?