Awesome Photographs of Snakes

Saw this on my friend Jenny's blog & thought I'd share. See what she has to say on http://corneliuslives.wordpress.com/

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In ANIMAL KINGDOM, photography on October 19, 2010 at 4:42 am

…motivation is what I’m experiencing right now. I’m having a near impossible time starting the homework I’ve fallen behind on. And what do I find myself doing in those instances? Oh, just stuff like this. What can I say.

Though I would admittedly be startled by a snake in the woods/close underfoot, I’ve never been that girl who shudders at the mere thought or sight of one. Maybe it was because as a kid, I remember my dad always picking them up to show me , or because I’ve never had a personal reason to be scared of them. I try to be above the rationalization of ruling out an entire species as “bad” just because a few of them are considered dangerous–I can rarely even bring myself to kill spiders because of this childhood book I had all about how the majority of spiders were good. I considered getting a snake a while back, but I couldn’t handle the feeding aspect (or cost) of them. Anyway, if you are one who harbors a snake phobia, either skip this entry or try to challenge yourself to temporarily view them abstractly from Guido Mocafico‘s perspective: one that gives way to the sheer aesthetic pleasure of these creatures! (Or just check out his other photography.)