Katie and I took our niece, Meghan, to a snake event at riverside reptiles.
We saw everything from an Eastern Rat Snake to an Emerald Tree Boa and a 120 pound reticulated python. All in all, we got to see up close and touch 7 snakes and one legless lizard. Honestly, the legless lizards creep me out a little. They are not quite a lizard and not quite a snake. Weird. I did pet this particular female who was rather friendly and calm. Very rough skin/scales.
The highlight to me was an eastern copperhead that the owner has had for 10 years and was born in his care. She was in a plexiglass box, but he did bring it around and we all got to see her up very close. WOW. She was stunning. Amazing eyes too. It happened pretty quick, so I didn't get a picture of her, but it was very cool.
While we were there, we checked out the Green Mamba enclosure. He now has a male in with the female and we caught the female in the act of shedding. That was pretty cool if for no other reason than to see her amazing freshly shed bright green scales!
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