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Article: 'Educational opportunity' with a copperhead: ; Yes, absolutely, snakes are amazing creatures; still . . .

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July 24, 2009
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I came into my Metronews Talkline studio just before airtime yesterday to find a snake - a copperhead to be exact.

The snake had not worked his way inside our building, and he wasn't auditioning for my job, though I imagine at least a share of my listeners imagine me as snake-like, crawling on my belly and striking when I'm afraid.

The snake belonged to Division of Natural Resources biologist Frank Jernejcic. He had brought it in the studio (in a vented plastic container) for his appearance on WAJR's Morgantown AM, which is the show before mine.

Now, I hate snakes, so my first inclination was to paraphrase Samuel L. Jackson from the cult movie "Snakes on a Plane"; "Get this blankety-blank ...

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