I am so proud I have to share this story!
My mom and my brother are NOT snake people, which is not surprising as we all know it takes a special type of person to love snakes like we do =)
However, I had my mom holding my boys when they were itty babies, juveniles and into their adulthood, trying to get her to at least appreciate their beauty and that what they do in nature is vital and important. She is still squeamish around them but she has a better understanding and respect for them, which I admire about her. She always tries to understand things she doesn't understand lol
So a couple months ago her home burned down, and the shed in the back made it. They are demolishing the old home today and putting in her new one in a couple weeks, but she had to clean out the shed first.
So my brother and her are working hard and moving everything out of the shed- and my brother lifts up a tub lid and there are two big ol' wild corns hanging out underneath it. Scared the hell out of my brother, who ran out of the shed, grabbed a shovel and went to kill them- MOM TO THE RESCUE!
My mother was like NO NO!! Don't hurt them, let me see them! She said that they had "Seamus heads" LOL! and told my brother they were corn snakes, non-venomous, and to let them go in the woods across the street.
I could have cried I was so happy. I HATE when people fear-kill snakes because they aren't educated on them, it feels like they are killing my snakes and it cuts deep. My mom knew I would never forgive them if they killed those absolutely STUNNING wild corns- I mean this picture she sent isn't great, but the pattern and color on those guys is just gorgeous.
So, lesson here is that a little bit of education goes a VERY long way!
( I know some of you guys probably have seen this on the Facebook Cornsnake page, but I wanted to share on here as well in hopes that this finds its way to educating others <3 )
My mom and my brother are NOT snake people, which is not surprising as we all know it takes a special type of person to love snakes like we do =)
However, I had my mom holding my boys when they were itty babies, juveniles and into their adulthood, trying to get her to at least appreciate their beauty and that what they do in nature is vital and important. She is still squeamish around them but she has a better understanding and respect for them, which I admire about her. She always tries to understand things she doesn't understand lol
So a couple months ago her home burned down, and the shed in the back made it. They are demolishing the old home today and putting in her new one in a couple weeks, but she had to clean out the shed first.
So my brother and her are working hard and moving everything out of the shed- and my brother lifts up a tub lid and there are two big ol' wild corns hanging out underneath it. Scared the hell out of my brother, who ran out of the shed, grabbed a shovel and went to kill them- MOM TO THE RESCUE!
My mother was like NO NO!! Don't hurt them, let me see them! She said that they had "Seamus heads" LOL! and told my brother they were corn snakes, non-venomous, and to let them go in the woods across the street.
I could have cried I was so happy. I HATE when people fear-kill snakes because they aren't educated on them, it feels like they are killing my snakes and it cuts deep. My mom knew I would never forgive them if they killed those absolutely STUNNING wild corns- I mean this picture she sent isn't great, but the pattern and color on those guys is just gorgeous.
So, lesson here is that a little bit of education goes a VERY long way!
( I know some of you guys probably have seen this on the Facebook Cornsnake page, but I wanted to share on here as well in hopes that this finds its way to educating others <3 )
