I've always been fascinated by snakes, for as long as I can remember. By the end of the first year (3rd grade) at my new school when I moved out here to AZ, I had read every book in our school's library that was about snakes. I love to watch specials on Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel about snakes and other reptiles. I cried when my mom told me I couldn't get a snake for Christmas this year. I'm insanely jealous of my friends that have ball pythons. I can't wait until I'm older, when I'll have multiple rooms dedicated to simply reptiles. I have no idea what it is that fascinates me so much, but they are so loveable. I still remember when I caught (and got bit by) a garter snake my dad found in my backyard up in Utah. My dad threw it across the street into a neighbor's yard and it hit a stopsign :'( I plan on working with snakes my entire life, and a worker at my local zoo has offered to allow me to help out with their snakes sometime (Can you imagine it? Feeding anacondas before you are halfway done with highschool! Lucky me, eh?) Oh, how I love snakes