The baby Tarahumaras are still very hissy when I first pick them up, which is actually pretty funny in such little snakes (come on, you two - do you really think you're scaring me?). But as soon as they are out of their enclosures, they settle down quickly. It's just so fascinating to me to experience the temperament differences between the various species I keep - these little boas are very slow-moving, and it doesn't take long for them to apparently decide that I'm a nice warm branch, and become content to just coil up around my hand and quietly observe the world. Here's Paco, the little male. I never get tired of that beautiful Tarahumara headstamp.
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