Support Snake
“Buzz used to run over any snake he saw on the road,” Shirley Gladstone remarked about her husband, Buzz. “Then he would back up and run over it again to be sure it was really dead. He thought snakes were bad and he was doing…
Doggone Fun
Volunteering for Arizona Game & Fish Department has proved very rewarding and exciting for us. However, the other day we discovered that there is an element of risk to it. Adoption When we were asked if we would “man” the Tortoise Adoption Program booth at…
Comparing the Atlas
“We have seven vertebrae in our necks,” I would tell my grade school tours when I was a docent leading them around the Denver Zoo years ago. I even showed them a replica of the first vertebra in a human neck, much the size of…
Volunteering with Desert Tortoises
“There are quite a few rattlesnakes in the area, so please stay in your vehicle and text me when you arrive.” This message from Tegan Wolf, Desert Tortoise Adoption Program Coordinator for Arizona Game and Fish Department, was likely meant as a warning. But, for…
Caring Visitors
Driving home through White Tank Mountain Regional Park after engaging visitors with our snakes and skulls recently, Chuck braked when the car in front of us suddenly served to the right, barely missing a large gopher snake stretched in a serpentine shape across the middle…
Finally!
“I saw three snakes on my hike!” a visitor to White Tank Mountain Regional Park told us. “Gave me the willies!” Education About every other Sunday, Chuck and I take our snakes and skull collection to the Park to interact with visitors and introduce them…
Reactions
Can a dog be afraid of a mountain lion? Probably. But can a dog be afraid of a mountain lion skull? Maybe if the dog could sense traces of the dead animal. What about a replica of a mountain lion skull? Interacting with Visitors We…