So I am very excited about the classes I am teaching at the Center for Wildlife Education in Corolla, NC. One is on Nature Journals, allowing me to combine my love of nature with my love of art and writing. It is perfect. And the other I am starting is a course on Snakes. I love snakes. Very much. Perhaps I always was oriented towards them...or perhaps it was being raised by a father bringing home snakes that he found on the side of the road or in our yard, so that my sister and I could hold and keep them for a day or two. But the fear of our society towards snakes (especially women, which gets into a whole other topic I could go into even more) certainly is a typical case of fear resulting from a lack of knowledge and understanding. Humans fear what we are ignorant of. And so, in the same human pattern of racism, sexism, homophobia, and ethnic prejudice, this particular species is seen as inherently bad and feared.
So I am researching for it, and looking up the benefit of snakes in their respective habitats. And I googled "the goodness of snakes"....and there was not one result. This is shocking! Nowhere, on any webpage, is there the phrase "the goodness of snakes." This is a very sad thing. I shall endeavor to change that! Along with people's mentalities towards them :)
How could anyone resist such an adorable little face?
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