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For those who think snakes are cute:
he Eastern Brown Snake is the second most venomous land snake in the world after the Inland Taipan. Their venom is very toxic, and can be fatal; even juveniles have caused human fatalities. The venom contains both neurotoxins and blood coagulants. Eastern Brown Snakes are also aggressive. Compared to most snakes that will flee when ever possible, Brown Snakes are much more likely to stand their ground, heightening the danger in an encounter. Without medical treatment, death is highly likely. from Wikipedia
I'm so happy for this theme. Thanks to all the bunnies who helped me plan my Chicago get-away for last weekend, I have all kinds of nifty pictures from the Aquarium! Here are a few:
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Pictures of a second attempt at raising black swallowtail caterpillars into butterflies. The first attempt went horribly awry; the caterpillars had eaten nearly all of our parsley, so I bouight some at the grocery store. Ooops--the pesticides on the parsley sent Sticky to an early grave. This time we made the trek to Whole Foods for some organic parsley, and it appears that Parsley Boy and Parsley Eater will live to fly free as butterflies.
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photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
photo by ethylene
