Vicki,
These two different snakes were dry skinned so they didn't feel anything
like I figured.
Phil.
Living His Name
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vicki" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: Unique Birthday Party For Our Grandson
> What a special party. Sounds like you all had show and tell and lots of
> fun. Uh those snakes. Ew! Would have touch everything else but those
> slitheries.
>
> Vicki
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 4:22 pm
> Subject: Unique Birthday Party For Our Grandson
>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, just past, we had a very unusual birthday party for Elijah, one
>> of our grandsons that is adopted by my youngest 31 year old Son, Everett.
>> I call him Lee, that is, my grandson, some call him Eli, while others use
>> his full name of Elijah. He is 10 years old now. Lee is part American
>> Indian, part Black, and part Mexican. He has a Mo hawk hair cut and when
>> he started at his new public school, he was the only Mo Hawk in the
>> school. Within weeks, more than a half a dozen boys got the same hair
>> cut. My wife and I paid for a pet store to bring about 10 animals to the
>> house to be held and petted and we had a houseful of people at my son's
>> home in back of our house on Saturday. Besides all the kids, we had
>> other relatives and friends. The man from the pet store, and his
>> partner, came and set up the holding boxes and put on quite a show for
>> over an hour. He taught us about each animal, where it was from, what
>> they ate, and how they protected themselves in the wild. We felt, saw,
>> and held each animal. Some are quite exotic, too. Well, I'd say they
>> all were exotic. A couple were North American, some were South American,
>> some were from Australia and one was from Asia. I can't remember the
>> names of each specie but he started out with two different sizes of
>> snakes; one small and one large. The MC, Master of Ceremonies, had Lee
>> stand in front of everybody, eyes closed, and he would put each animal in
>> his hands before he could open his eyes again. The first little stake
>> the MC put into Lee's short sleeved shirt and the little guy crawled
>> around until he came out the bottom of his shirt as the man told us about
>> him. No, none of the creatures would bite unless you tried to hurt them.
>> Some of you may have heard of Sugar Gliders. They are about the size and
>> color, to some degree, of a chipmunk but when they stretch out their arms
>> and back legs, webbing comes out and they literally glide through the
>> air. They live in trees, I forget where, and eat much of what parrots
>> and other wild birds eat. From the top of a tall tree, they have been
>> recorded to glide up to 900 feet or three football fields in length. You
>> can buy them here in stores as pets but they recommend buying two because
>> they are so gregarious, they will die from loneliness so they don't
>> recommend them for people not at home most of the time. Another one of
>> the unusual animals were two different lizards. One walked on his hind
>> feet but the other on 4 legs. We held a scorpion in the palms of our
>> hands and also a tarantula. There was a critter of the monitor family
>> which lives in the jungle and is larger than our little dogs; much
>> larger. When they get older, they eat animals brought down by lions
>> during their hunts with their super sharp teeth. If a lion gives them
>> any trouble, they have a whip like tail which they use to slap a lion
>> across the eyes and face and it is so painful, most lions leave their
>> pray to this animal. It is related to the Komodo Dragon from the orient.
>> The man said that his friend has one that isn't so friendly and one of
>> his buddies came over and got too close to the thing and the animal
>> whipped his friend with it's tail and even wearing jeans, his friend had
>> to get 14 stitches. His body felt lizard like to me when the guy let
>> Sandy and I feel him. Then there was the huge frog like animal. He
>> doesn't hop but he was huge. They eat both insects and small animals;
>> even rabbits, rats, and mice. His belly was damp and felt like large
>> balls of jello while his back felt rough. When it gets hot and dry, they
>> dig a round hole and sit in it. There back spreads out and he is
>> completely hidden from pray. This is when the fat belly he has
>> discharges moisture so he doesn't over heat. They feet by just staying
>> in the little whole and they then use only their very long tongue to grab
>> food walking too close. He was heavy, too, at least 10 pounds but they
>> grow much larger. All in all, it was quite the birthday party.
>>
>> Phil.
>> Living His Name
>>
>> Saturday, just past, we had a very unusual birthday party for Elijah, one
>> of our grandsons that is adopted by my youngest 31 year old Son, Everett.
>> I call him Lee, that is, my grandson, some call him Eli, while others use
>> his full name of Elijah. He is 10 years old now. Lee is part American
>> Indian, part Black, and part Mexican. He has a Mo hawk hair cut and when
>> he started at his new public school, he was the only Mo Hawk in the
>> school. Within weeks, more than a half a dozen boys got the same hair
>> cut. My wife and I paid for a pet store to bring about 10 animals to the
>> house to be held and petted and we had a houseful of people at my son's
>> home in back of our house on Saturday. Besides all the kids, we had
>> other relatives and friends. The man from the pet store, and his
>> partner, came and set up the holding boxes and put on quite a show for
>> over an hour. He taught us about each animal, where it was from, what
>> they ate, and how they protected themselves in the wild. We felt, saw,
>> and held each animal. Some are quite exotic, too. Well, I'd say they
>> all were exotic. A couple were North American, some were South American,
>> some were from Australia and one was from Asia. I can't remember the
>> names of each specie but he started out with two different sizes of
>> snakes; one small and one large. The MC, Master of Ceremonies, had Lee
>> stand in front of everybody, eyes closed, and he would put each animal in
>> his hands before he could open his eyes again. The first little stake
>> the MC put into Lee's short sleeved shirt and the little guy crawled
>> around until he came out the bottom of his shirt as the man told us about
>> him. No, none of the creatures would bite unless you tried to hurt them.
>> Some of you may have heard of Sugar Gliders. They are about the size and
>> color, to some degree, of a chipmunk but when they stretch out their arms
>> and back legs, webbing comes out and they literally glide through the
>> air. They live in trees, I forget where, and eat much of what parrots
>> and other wild birds eat. From the top of a tall tree, they have been
>> recorded to glide up to 900 feet or three football fields in length. You
>> can buy them here in stores as pets but they recommend buying two because
>> they are so gregarious, they will die from loneliness so they don't
>> recommend them for people not at home most of the time. Another one of
>> the unusual animals were two different lizards. One walked on his hind
>> feet but the other on 4 legs. We held a scorpion in the palms of our
>> hands and also a tarantula. There was a critter of the monitor family
>> which lives in the jungle and is larger than our little dogs; much
>> larger. When they get older, they eat animals brought down by lions
>> during their hunts with their super sharp teeth. If a lion gives them
>> any trouble, they have a whip like tail which they use to slap a lion
>> across the eyes and face and it is so painful, most lions leave their
>> pray to this animal. It is related to the Komodo Dragon from the orient.
>> The man said that his friend has one that isn't so friendly and one of
>> his buddies came over and got too close to the thing and the animal
>> whipped his friend with it's tail and even wearing jeans, his friend had
>> to get 14 stitches. His body felt lizard like to me when the guy let
>> Sandy and I feel him. Then there was the huge frog like animal. He
>> doesn't hop but he was huge. They eat both insects and small animals;
>> even rabbits, rats, and mice. His belly was damp and felt like large
>> balls of jello while his back felt rough. When it gets hot and dry, they
>> dig a round hole and sit in it. There back spreads out and he is
>> completely hidden from pray. This is when the fat belly he has
>> discharges moisture so he doesn't over heat. They feet by just staying
>> in the little whole and they then use only their very long tongue to grab
>> food walking too close. He was heavy, too, at least 10 pounds but they
>> grow much larger. All in all, it was quite the birthday party.
>>
>> Phil.
>> Living His Name
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