Kilala
lemme go! I'm sleeping!
You guys are never going to believe this! I was visiting a school with cornflakes, the kids were studying cold-blooded animals (but mostly I think the science teacher just wanted to see her, lol). Now keep in mind that these are teenagers, like sophomore/junior kind of thing. After I told the kids what cornsnakes eat (mice of course!) something odd happened:
A girl told me that she has an uncle that gave his snake lettuce (apparently he rammed it down the poor snakes throat with a pen!) and it lived longer. I asked her how she knew that it lived longer because of the lettuce. She said that he had another one of the "same kind" that he didn't give lettuce to and it died first. I tried to explain to her that the results from the experiment weren't valid because she was talking about 2 different animals. I told her that it was more likely that genetics caused the difference in lifespans. She then proceeded to argue that the lettuce provided extra water which was important because "snakes don't drink water". I told her that snakes do drink water, and that they are obligate carnivores, meaning lettuce is really bad for them. She told me to prove it. I began to explain that you cannot force an animal to drink water if it doesn't want to (as the old horse saying goes).
Now a water dish was on the counter, i had pulled it out to show her the proper way to provide water for a snake. Cornflakes, who was wrapped around my wrist stretched down and started to drink from the dish! How's that for perfect timing?
A girl told me that she has an uncle that gave his snake lettuce (apparently he rammed it down the poor snakes throat with a pen!) and it lived longer. I asked her how she knew that it lived longer because of the lettuce. She said that he had another one of the "same kind" that he didn't give lettuce to and it died first. I tried to explain to her that the results from the experiment weren't valid because she was talking about 2 different animals. I told her that it was more likely that genetics caused the difference in lifespans. She then proceeded to argue that the lettuce provided extra water which was important because "snakes don't drink water". I told her that snakes do drink water, and that they are obligate carnivores, meaning lettuce is really bad for them. She told me to prove it. I began to explain that you cannot force an animal to drink water if it doesn't want to (as the old horse saying goes).
Now a water dish was on the counter, i had pulled it out to show her the proper way to provide water for a snake. Cornflakes, who was wrapped around my wrist stretched down and started to drink from the dish! How's that for perfect timing?
