Snake Handling: Four approaches

A week ago I posted this photo of Ranger Holly cooly, and professionally relocating a black rat snake from the Visitor Center back to the great outdoors:




Not to be outdone, her colleagues used todays opportune visit by a second, larger black snake to demonstrate their techniques for dealing with our reptilian friends.

Ranger Maura assumes an Edvard Munch posture:

Ranger John recalls big-game hunter and writer Robert Ruark,

Ranger Alann, always amused by animals, springs into Robert Capa mode:

It's always something, at your National Park.

Enjoy your parks,

Mannie