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Good morning!

We’re off to the Davidson College Reptile Show, an important scientific event.

3,541 posted on 04/06/2013 6:02:25 AM PDT by Tax-chick (That sound? It's either the love call of the sand-squid, or my son playing the guitar.)

Professor Mike Dorcas (right) and student assistants showed off a 14 1/2 foot python at Reptile Day in 2012. (Cristina Mourao/DavidsonNews.net)Davidson College Herpetology Lab presents its annual Reptile Day on April 6, a day to see, touch and learn about reptiles and amphibians. It’s free and open to the public and a local favorite among kids and adults.

OMGoodness! I love reptiles!

When Bryan and I used to hike in California, we met plenty of lizards and snakes. Once we saw a pencil-sized snake
on the path, and when I picked it up to keep it from being trampled, it bit me, LOL! Razor-sharp teeth were too tiny
to break through my skin, but it did successfully scare off the giant monster who was about to eat it (it thought) when
I put it into the foliage at the side of the trail. That was really, really neato.

Once we came upon a blue-bellied lizard, and when I tried to scare it off the trail, it ran up my leg. When I reached
for it, it climbed into my hand and sat there like a pasha. I released it into the shrubbery as well. I just love it when
stuff like that happens.