For our final college English essay/final, we are allowed to choose a research topic of our choice. I knew immediately that I wanted to do it on the herp society and the laws that are affecting it, as well as the myths and misunderstandings about many of the species. Not only do we have to write a paper, but we also get to do a presentation/Q&A!This will be a great opportunity to educate more people on a very misunderstood hobby/animal(s). I was discussing it with my professor after class and I mentioned that it would be pretty cool if I could actually bring in my boa, but acknowledged that just suddenly forcing a classroom of people to be close to a larger snake might cause more harm than good. But he said that if the class could vote beforehand on whether or not they would be comfortable with that, as well as check with the college to make sure having her there for a period of time (a little under an hour) would be okay, then he would definitely love to have her as a guest. (She would be brought to me when class was about to start, and since it's my last class of the day I would leave with her to take her back home.)
I'm very, very excited for this opportunity!! It's a chance to educate people who probably have never actually learned about snakes to understand more about them and hopefully change some opinions about them. Plus they're college kids; if they find out something cool, odds are that they'll tell more people about it, or correct someone if they hear them say something that is untrue. And I feel Satin is a GREAT ambassador; she's always been wonderfully calm, even younger kids have held her (supervised) with no problem. She just kinda lays there and "sniffs" you. I'm really really hoping I'll get the okay to bring her, but even if I don't it's still a wonderful opportunity!!
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