I was at a conference in Orlando last year and I went to the herpetology museum. Maybe it isn't exactly in Orlando, but it is an easy drive south from there. It is a fabulous relief if your not a big fan of Mickey and his gang. I am trying to find their website but maybe they're so old school they don't have one because I can't find it. I went there not expecting much and was surprised to find a SERIOUS snake collection, they make their money selling venom to research labs which is great because as we have already discovered the simple Massachusetts green frog holds secrets which could grant us almost eternal life (think about it!) and snake venom is one of natures coolest inventions and I am sure holds a lot of interesting secrets for us. I saw two snakes having sex, which was kind of scary. I also did a lot of water colors, snakes are GREAT models because they rarely move and they don't have really well defined geometries, so the perspective is very forgiving.
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