Not too long ago, the Tucson Herpetological Society paid a visit to the Biosphere again. We had a wonderful time introducing the visitors to some of the areas local (non-venemous) snakes.
I actually arrived at the Biosphere early (before Catalina and Whitney) with Carmen and Isabella. They were tasked with documenting some of the indicator plant species around the Biosphere in preparation for a convention of plant biologists.
While we were looking around, we also saw some really nice insects around.
So when Catalina and Whitney arrived, we had to set up downstairs in the habitat. Of course the snakes were excited to get out of the bags...
Although Taco was being a bit grumpy. So we let him chill inside his container.
Once we had set up, we were ready to interact with all the visitors!
Some of them were really enthused, others were scared. We tried to encourage people who were afraid of snakes to come up and play with them, since these snakes are really nice. We had Rufus (the gopher snake), Rosy (the rosy boa), the King Snake (sorry, I don't remember his name), the Sonoran Boa (again, forgot his name), and Taco (the garter snake).
Even some kids got to play with the snakes. :)
And surprise surprise... we actually got Rosy (from the front desk) to hold Rosy, the rosy boa. She's normally somewhat skiddish around snakes, but after a little while, she just had to hold the cute little snake.
And of course we needed the obligatory crazy snake lady photos of Catalina and Whitney.
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