Baby Garter vs. Spider Web

There are times where I love my job more than usual: this is one time. So I was sitting at my desk and my co-worker comes up to me and plops a piece of paper on my desk. On that paper, was the tiniest snake I had ever seen. Our Associate Director of Facilities & Grounds was sweeping the floors and discovered this little guy caught in a spider's web! He rescued it and gave it to me to take care of it! Haha. I find it quite amusing that I am the go-to person to be given such tasks. But I'll take it! So we used some tweezers to remove the cob webs and placed it in a specimen jar to calm down from its terrifying series of events. Before we let it go, we had to take a picture of it next to a quarter. It was that tiny!

It really got me thinking, could a spider really eat a snake? Maybe a tiny, tiny snake? Herp friends, help me out! Is it possible?

theChristyBel

The Tiniest Garter Snake Ever Found

A Rainy Hike at Minnewaska State Park

Decided to take a hike around Minnewaska State Park and Preserve while I waited for Marc to return home. It was a little misty from the rain, but its a great time to find things along the trail. Check out some of the finds from my hike!

theChristyBel

Dew-Outlines on Spider's Webs

Reflective Foggy Lake Side Views

Foggy, Creepy Trails
(Also completely all mine!)

The Start to the Mountain Laurel Bloom

Honey Suckle?

Tiny Sheep Laurel Blooms

Striped Maple Leaves the Size of My Hand

Striped Maple Samaras About to Ripen

Purple Columbine

A Spider Playing Camouflage on the Quartz Conglomerate

Wild Turkeys "Hiding" in the Fog

Summer Houses that have No Lake to View

Into the Creepy Crawly Lair

Sea Urchin

Starfish

While I was grabbing cockroach-friends for our Invertebrate - Arthropod lab, I stumbled upon some really cool specimens! Do not worry, these were not alive. However, it made me really miss being near the beach! Haha. So cool the Animal Biology students get to take a gander at these during their lab! Super jealous! However, my students got to handle and study specimens that moved...and hissed!

TheChristyBel

Sea Cucumber