Snakes in a State
An article in today's Globe that Samuel L. Jackson may take issue with:
Yesterday, the House of Representatives designated the garter snakes the Commonwealth's cold-blooded animal of choice. There were no other competitors in a sparsely attended informal session.
"Snakes are cool," said Darryl Sampson Jr., one of two 11-year-olds from Kingston who helped suggest the bill. "In places like Boston they eat rats, and in Kingston they eat toads."
Not only am I glad to hear that the Legislature has handed over it's responsibilities to 11-year-olds (seriously, they've gotta be less entrenched and old-boy's-clubby), but I'm happy with this decision. After the the run-ins I've had with rats in Cambridge, promoting anything that eats the suckers is OK by me!
Actually, if the new Cambridge trash rules aimed at curbing the rodent problem don't work, I suggest the City Council consider releasing a horde of Garter snakes throughout the city.
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