As I was driving to the airport on Friday, I got a call from Jocelyn saying:

"Hey, there is a snake in the yard! Can I pick it up?"
me: "Is it poisonous?"
j: "That's why I called *you*! It has a green head. Its really cute."
me: "No." "No picking up strange snakes."
j: "Are you sure?"
me: "Listen, I'm too far away to turn around and drive you to the hospital if it is poisonous. Don't pick it up."
j: "I guess that's a good point."

As it turns out, it was a green-headed tree snake. Very mildly venemous and rear-fanged thus not dangerous unless it gnaws on your nostril for a while (or some other thin area of skin). But I'm sticking to the "Don't pick up unknown snakes" rule.

I don't have to worry about that rule as I'm basically petrified of snakes. They give the willies.

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