Talking about snakes, today, readers. So if that makes you all squirmy (no pun intended!) may be best to move on. But, as part of my recent move to doing a sabbatical in Israel, I found myself in need of transporting my two year old ball python from my house in Sharon, MA, to the snake foster parent, who is a graduate student of mine who lives in Rhode Island. So, how to transport a snake effectively? Apparently not the way that I did it, which was to take the entire cage out

How about a puppy, Mommy? Please oh please oh please oh please…Or a kitten? A horse? Goat? No, no, no, and no. There will be no more pets in this house. We have a python, a beta fish, and two aquatic frogs (blog post coming soon on the science of caring for these animals – stay tuned!). But, if you are really insistent on getting a pet in the house, I am willing to be flexible: we can make yeast pets. Yeast pets? What is that? Well, to be honest, it is just yeast, but in this