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Although I'm a lab technician, not a teacher, I'm occasionally asked to talk about snakes for school classes etc.

I did one of these lessons a couple of weeks ago, for a class of kids with learning difficulties, the teacher has just put the pictures she took onto the server. Unfortunately only a couple show me without the kids - for legal reasons I can't put their pictures on line - and only one of them was reasonably sharply in focus.

So this is me in full flow talking about (I think) the way that snakes move their bodies, while Sam does his best to strangle me...







It's the first picture of Sam I've put on line in a few years - he's now about 17 years old but still going strong, about 5ft long and weighing a couple of kilos. He's never bitten anyone, which makes him perfect for this sort of thing.

Date: 2010-07-09 03:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Not as sharp as I would like, but OK.

Date: 2010-07-09 02:34 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lillian13.livejournal.com
I bet the kids really enjoyed your talk. :-)

Date: 2010-07-09 03:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
I think so - I saw them today and a lot of them asked how he is, so he obviously made an impression.

Date: 2010-07-09 03:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] raygungothic.livejournal.com
Lovely snake. Nice pic too.

Date: 2010-07-09 04:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Thanks. I wish I could have shown some of the pictures of him with kids, but I'm not allowed to do that.

Date: 2010-07-09 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nelc.livejournal.com
You can't blur the kids, or pixellate them?

Date: 2010-07-09 11:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
The rules are pretty clear on this, and especially with special needs kids, who may have mental or emotional vulnerabilities, I'm not prepared to take any chances.

Date: 2010-07-09 04:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
What a nice picture - of both of you.

Date: 2010-07-09 08:07 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-07-09 06:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lil-shepherd.livejournal.com
He's a lovely lad.

Date: 2010-07-09 08:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
He's so laid back I sometimes think he's running on Valium.

Date: 2010-07-09 06:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] houses7177.livejournal.com
Fantastic pic! Lovely, both of you.

Date: 2010-07-09 08:09 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-07-09 10:54 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] i_kender
Hey, excellent pic! You look like a kindly wizard... with Parseltongue presumably ;)

Date: 2010-07-09 11:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
I wish. I would love to be able to say "Your food is over there, you idiot" and have the snakes understand.

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