Literature Class Becomes a Whole Lot More Exciting...

November 6, 2007 at 5:48 PM

This little sucker (or rather, one like it) was in our classroom yesterday. Not during my lecture, thank goodness, but it was either in our classroom or the one next door when someone in Lit100 said, "Hey wait a minute...is that a SNAKE?!"

This is the third "encounter" with wildlife we've dealt with here, not including the mice infesting the library or the herds of wild boars that roam the campus. Since our new campus is, let's face it, in the middle of nowhere in SW Florida, critters have been creeping in to avoid the cold. Mr. Rattler here caused the most commotion, but the black and brown widow spiders and the baby black racer under the rug caused some shivers too. Luckily, the biology teachers find it all fascinating and have thus far been able to safely remove all animals from the buildings (actually, they secretly take them up to the aquariums on the third floor, but we try to forget that). Nevertheless, everyone's being a bit more on the cautious side now; shaking out shoes, backpacks, etc. before use and such.

In any event, things are certainly a little on the jittery side here...

From E. Smith
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 6:34 PM

Wow! And I thought we had problems when squirrels got into the walls!

From Shailee Kennedy
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 8:59 PM

Is that a dangerous snake?

From Sydney Menees
Posted on November 7, 2007 at 3:01 AM

Hey! He looks like you!! ;)

From Sydney Menees
Posted on November 7, 2007 at 3:02 AM

Oh, and at least you don't have any hippos. We have one coming tomorrow! I'm not kidding, either.

From Natasha Marsalli
Posted on November 7, 2007 at 1:16 PM

Yes, it's very dangerous; a pygmy rattler. Luckily it doesn't have neurotoxins in its venom, so it's not usually deadly, but people have lost limbs.

Oh, Syd, that's actually a picture of me. I lost some weight and developed some scales over the last four years. You do seem to get a fair amount of hippo-sightings in Kansas, don't you?

From Sydney Menees
Posted on November 7, 2007 at 1:40 PM

I knew you did something with your hair!

Anyway... hippo fourth hour... I'll let you know how it goes.

From Terez Mertes
Posted on November 7, 2007 at 6:53 PM

Ooooh, pretty! (From a safe distance...)

From Linda L
Posted on November 8, 2007 at 1:08 AM

But the best part is, if you get bitten by the snake, you get a free helicopter ride from 911. :)

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