Yesterday we had an all-employee meeting at the maintenance yard. Lest you think we are thrown to the snakes without training, we actually had some training yesterday! The snakes in the photos are all copperheads and training was conducted by the Virginia Herpetological Society.
We learned that the younger snakes have a fluorescent green tail and that they are not as experienced and tend to let loose with a full load of venom when they strike. The older, more experienced snakes will only unload full venom if they are extremely aggravated.
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| The lady in the yellow tee shirt and the man with the sunglasses on his head are the instructors from the herpetological society. |
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| In case you are wondering what we see at the bottom of the barrel. |
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| Ha! This looks dangerously close to our park biologist's crotchal area, but it is an optical illusion. We don't have hooks, but use a special snake grabber tool not pictured here. |
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| Another snake safely placed into the special bucket. We learned how to be extremely cautious since the snakes can climb up and nestle into the ridge at the top of the bucket. Beware when you unlock and uncover the bucket! |
Practically daily new and amazing mushrooms appear in the forest. These red and mustard yellow mushrooms are especially for Joan as she seems to love the huge variety of colors:
Today they declared a heat emergency as by noon the "feels like" temperatures have reached 107. I'm at Panera but heading home to my cozy air conditioned RV. :-)
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