September 5, 2007
Well, thanks to my friend Eric in Hurst I now have two bullsnakes, and this one’s downright huge compared to the wild caught specimen I have been using for years in my show. They called him Lee, so I think I’ll call him General Lee. He’s a moose. Almost seven feet, as big around as my wrist, and solid muscle. Unlike his hissingly snooty counterpart, he’s a sweetheart too. Wouldn’t want to get between him and his next rat though. Meanwhile, Capone (the big Black and White Tegu from Argentina that we adopted in Mobile AL while we were there for the Gulf Coast Exploreum) is asleep under the bed. It’s winter in Argentina right now, and he thinks he’s hibernating. From time to time I’ll haul him out of his hiding place and put him in the yard, where he’ll roam a little and take some water and sometimes a bit of food, but all those fat reserves in his cheeks are there to get him through a long period of reduced metabolism so he doesn’t really have to eat. ReptileFest is coming up this weekend (at the Museum of Nature and Science in Fair Park, across I30 from downtown Dallas) and I’m spending today getting animals fed and deciding which ones will be display animals for the event, in addition to the usual cast for the performances. Outside the old Science Place auditorium, where I’ll be performing, is where my booth is set up between (and during) the shows, which will be at 11, 1 and 3 on Saturday; 1 and 3 on Sunday. Eric also gave me this outrageous display cage with a faux stone fascia and a statue of a huge gecko on top. If we can muscle it up the stairs it’ll be there too. Guess who the sponsor of the event is? Geico! Hope to see everyone there! http://natureandscience.org/calendar/upcoming_events.asp