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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 549710, member: 5833&quot;]You should have heard me calmly suggesting to her that she would really like to have this nice pine cone rather than my forefinger, wouldn&#039;t she?&nbsp; Knew the last thing to do was try to pull away - she would have stripped the flesh from the bone!&nbsp; After a minute she did opt for the pine cone.&nbsp; Because of the location, it bled like crazy at first, &amp; I found the other birds of prey living in adjacent cages were unusually interested in me that day, as I stopped by &amp; visited each of them, my finger wrapped in bloody tissue.&nbsp; A nice English couple came along &amp; the lady had just the right kind of sticking plaster with her &amp; didn&#039;t ask questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bite wound was just a clean cut &amp; healed soon without problem.&nbsp; However, I had also scraped my shin on the metal cable fence.&nbsp; This ended up requiring a second round of treatment for an antibiotic-resistant infection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am just dying to get back to all my friends, &amp;, of course, especially Julia.&nbsp; The presentation on hellbenders was made by one of the zoo&#039;s reptile curators &amp; will make a point of going by the reptile house to see their new exhibit with these fantastic creatures.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wish I had thought to ask him what happened to the python who used to live in the building that houses the gorillas.&nbsp; (In the summer it houses the people while the gorillas are outside looking at them.)&nbsp; The first time she came to the glass right in front of me, ran her head up the window, then parked her chin on a loop of faux liana so she was face to face with me, I was astonished &amp; slightly freaked out.&nbsp; The second time I was doubly so.&nbsp; The third time I was starting to expect it, but it sure freaked out some other visitors who came along &amp; watched as she spent time with her head first resting on the vine loop, nose to nose with me, then raised her head &amp; resettled it on what is meant to look like a broken off little tree so her eye was turned my way, then back again.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t know I was a parselmouth.&nbsp; If I&#039;d been at Hogwarts, I&#039;m sure the Sorting Hat would have put me in Hufflepuff[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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