Yesterday I took the family to visit the Steinhart Aquarium Annex. They're building a new aquarium in Golden Gate Park that looks AMAZING , but it won't be ready until late 2008 so they put up a small annex with a decent animal collection downtown until construction of the main facility is finished.

Anyway, while we were viewing the snakes in the "snake tunnel" I noticed this little boy tapping the Emmy cage with his gatorade bottle. Eventually the tapping got harder and harder until he was literally pounding on the glass cage. Apparently the Emmies weren't dancing fast enough for him. Of course I rushed over there and told the child to please not tap the glass, but his parents were right next to him and didn't bat an eye. Ugh! I wish they would pass a law legalizing the smacking of clueless people upside the head.

Here's a pic that I found that actually shows the Emmy cage in the background.

They had a relatively small snake collection at the annex... about 8 exhibits, but they were very well done. The snakes had plenty of places to hide, but they were still viewable to the public.