Women will often pay a hefty premium for snakeskin fashion accessories, whether shoes, purses or other pretties. Men are not immune to the lure of the reptile, with boots, belts and wallets made from the creepy crawlies.
The common denominator among all these styles is that the snakes in question are dead before they are transformed into fashion statements.
Not so with the neck scarf I saw this morning.
The light turned red just before I reached it, so I slowed to a stop. A trio of little kids began to skip across the intersection, their dad following behind. I smiled, thinking it's really nice to see dads taking their kids for a walk.
Wait, amend that - dads taking their kids and their boa constrictor out for a walk. The long snake was wrapped loosely twice around the guy's neck, the business end held casually at his shoulder. Given its cold-blooded nature, I'm sure the snake was enjoying our eighty degree, sunshiny day. But couldn't it have enjoyed it in a securely locked terrarium just as well?
"Boa constrictor on the loose in West Allis sewer" is not a headline I'm looking forward to reading.
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