Hey there, friends, and welcome to episode 324 of Just the Zoo of Us. This week, I am joined by an artist and reptile keeper for an up close and personal look at a little snake with a big appetite.

We discuss how it feels to handle a snake, stress dreams that are specific to pet owners, gastonning it, spine teeth, snacktivities, how snakes flirt

with each other, and so much more. Just the Zoo of Us presents egg-eating snakes with Lynn. I'm. I'm.

. Hi there, everybody. It's Ellen Weatherford with Just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal review podcast. I'm so excited this week. We have a brand new friend here to talk with us about a fascinating, delightful, quirky, and charming

little critter. This is Lynn. Say hi, Lynn.

Hi, Lynn.

What are your pronouns?

My pronouns are they and them.

Thank you so much, Lynn. And Lynn, you are coming to us from the world. The sort of intersection,

I think, between creativity and a love and a passion

for animals, particularly reptiles. So you are infusing your relationship to reptiles and your

love for reptiles into this creative expression through, you know, crafting and jewelry making,

things like that. So what got you into reptiles? How did you cross

paths with reptiles? I adored animals of every kind growing up, especially the ones that were

considered like gross or weird. And like snakes were one that I had a like particular fondness for.

After one of my elementary school teachers had one as a class pet. I was the only one able to get her

out of her enclosure without being bitten. That is a valuable skill. Exactly. And if I tried to pass her

off to someone, she would usually like go around their neck and then she would just come right back to

me. And I was like, oh, yeah, Disney Princess moment. I'm chosen. They can see my pure heart.

They can see my intentions.

I am the main character. Yeah. And honestly, with snakes, like, that is one thing. You will get your Disney princess moment.

You will anthropomorphize them in your head and be like, this snake loves me. We are best friends.

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