Argos is such a handsome boy and he knows it. I love me some dark morphs:heart: He was in explore mode today so his photo shoot was in a shoe box 
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Ooo! I love the dark morphs too. He is very handsome. What’s his morphs?
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Thank you 
Just a GHI single Morph
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He’s amazing! My wife loves the dark morphs, too. Thats a really cool spot right behind his head!
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I’m a dark morph fan myself! He is awesome! The spot on his head that @spottedbull commented on is really remarkable. I wonder where that came from? Great pics! 
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I just love how contrasty it looks. Like, how the brown of the saddles seems to be backlit with light due to the light scaled outline on the pattern. It makes the blacks seem ‘blacker’ and pops out the pattern.
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Thank you all! We have really added to our collection this year and have now 14 boops total. 10 balls and 4 corns. I will have to share my new single morph Enchi. She was purchased as an ambassador snake for my future classroom presentations. She is nothing phenomenal morph wise but hands down one of the most enjoyable snakes I have ever had the pleasure to be around. I had to have her in my life.
We also were lucky enough to get a sub adult female with a amazing list of morphs that in my opinion just stunning.
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Oh my goodness! She is absolutely stunning! I can see why you would want to be with her! I have 14 snakes as well and I am thinking of adding a 15th. Congratulations on your newbies and I think it’s amazing that you do presentations with young people to educate them about how wonderful reptiles are! Thank you so much for sharing! 
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I think it’s awesome that you are going to be enriching classrooms with your lovely snake! I’m guessing you are a teacher (and you’re awesome for that, too, if you are!). How did you go about the process of being permitted to do the ambassadorship at a school? I think it sounds like such a cool idea…also wondering if such a program could be available to schools in other areas!
If I’m posting in the wrong place in the comments or if I should’ve started a separate topic, please feel free to correct me
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I love your dark snake! Looks like it was designed to be an especially lovely creature with a special touch.
Hooray for classroom animal ambassadors!! I love learning that others are doing this. I taught high school for years and had many kinds of animals in class over the years (plants, too.) Various aquaria, corn snakes, a rabbit, and mice were the usual denizens. No, the classroom mice were never food for the snakes.
Not to jump on @mdstruck 's toes, but I can share my experience. Every place is different, and I was in different schools which had different principals over the years. Obviously one needs to know their state and local laws. After getting the administration and department chair on board, it’s also important that a letter goes home to parents introducing the animals and explaining that no student may touch any animal without the parents permission and that all the living things in the classroom environment must always be treated with respect. Require this letter to be signed and returned, with an additional signature explicitly giving permission to handle animals or declining this opportunity. Obviously, living things require a plan for weekends, holidays, and planned absences. It’s also important to plan for securing classroom creatures when you’re absent unexpectedly. Like all educational endeavors, a lot of planning and a lot of work goes into making classroom animals a viable choice. I was always glad I did it. So worth it in so many ways!
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We do something close to that, except the classes come to us. The wife is a department manager at a Christian camp here in Texas. One thing they do is outdoor learning, with a STEM emphasis. One of the classes available is our creature class. We bring the snakes and lizards and teach them about habitat and husbandry. And then they get to pet them.
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Yes all this. She will not be in my classroom but will be in a program much like what spotted bull discribes. Small presentations done during the after school program with parental consent 
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Absolutely wonderful! Hooray, huzzah, boo-yah for @mdstruck and @spottedbull! I knew David and his wife do animal education, but it bears being cheered for as often as possible. And someone starting it is definitely also well worth cheers!!!
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Thanks. They are a lot of fun. Especially underprivileged kids who have never even been to a zoo before.
And the season is about to start. I think there are 16 field trips on the schedule between now and end of the school year.
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@spottedbull and @mdstruck God bless you guys for caring enough to enrich a child’s life with something pure and simple. Nature.
And @caryl ypu are included too! 
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You are so right! I used to take animals to educational events for such students, too. It was always very rewarding, and more than a little humbling. I miss doing that.
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