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Now you see exactly WHY I thought of you? :) This is you in forty years, Bill... ;)

I hope I have the good health to be doing exactly that in forty years.

Supposedly, I'm already on a list to handle nuisance snakes in this parish. No one has ever called, but my name and number are supposed to be listed somewhere with Fish and Wildlife. If the police were to call Fish and Wildlife and they didn't have one of their people nearby, they'd call me. What I do with anything I catch is up to me. The guy who sets up the program through the herpetological society said that I can do anything that I'd like with the snakes. He said that most of other folks who've had calls have gotten there to find snakes that are common in the area and not particularly exciting for a collection. In that case, they take the animal about a mile down the road and turn it loose. I'd probably do the same with most common snakes in this area. If I found a non-native snake, I'd likely keep it or give it to a friend. I still don't have time to have a big collection, but when I retire, I'd like to get a few more.

Bill