Friend or Foe

One of the mice awaiting a dark future. - 24/09/2009 12:52:30 - 70 mm - 1/200 - f/10 - ISO 500

I didn't do anything different then most other days. I finished where Kevin stopped before he went to Sydney. After that I helped Sonia out.

(Celine niet verder lezen)

Once in a while there is a student or any other person coming over to help out. Today John came over. He's semi-retired but still likes to hang around reptiles. He helped out with the venomous snakes. It's quit tricky to force feed a snake like that. A lot of snakes that come in are weak, full of parasites, worms and all that. They often don't want to eat so Sonia has to force feed them. It involves getting the head of the snake between your fingers. Once you have a good grip you gently open the mouth with a metal tool. Once the mouth is open you start to shove in a few pinkies (little newborn mice). I don't really like that part but that's how it seemed to be done. It takes many lives to save one...

I won't elaborate on this topic. Let's just say I made a lot of little crosses with my thumb for the last week. I like animals, doesn't matter if it's furred or scaled. So I might leave in the end of next week once Kevin is back. I think it's time to move on.

In the evening we had a other go at the microscope. We had a closer look at the stool of one of the infested snakes. By hooking up a camera to the microscope we could see the visual on the laptop. A drop of fluid seems to contain it's own universe. It's amazing how many diverse tiny things are swarming around in the giant pool.

Max went out to get some chips and burgers for dinner, lovely. I spend the rest of the evening sorting/writing my blog posts out.

gnite.