Then we took a stroll to discuss what life must have been like for the soldiers in camp; swampy hot and humid conditions plagued by mosquitoes, the edible bottoms of cat tails, having to run off to the briar patch to take a poop...and then I spotted a healthy snake about 15 feet off of the walking path. We talked about the heat sensing pits of one of the only pit vipers in North America and how they hunt their prey, their parthenogenetic ability to reproduce in the absence of egg fertilization and the fact that they give birth to live young, and that a bite from one of these will make for a VERY bad day. They asked me to catch the snake (I'll grab most snakes without much hesitation) but even I have my limits, so I showed them that these are very dangerous but typically non aggressive and that they'll warn you to stay away by showing their "cotton mouth" and rustling their tail, I sure hope they'll remember that should they ever need to.
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