Say hello to our newest animal ambassador: a beautiful corn snake! Zea Mays (named for the vegetable corn) is a veteran of many reptile education programs and she is settling in beautifully to her new home in the farm director’s office. She will serve as a live teaching resource during our outdoor education programs, illustrating the amazing adaptations common to all snakes and (hopefully) teaching visitors that snakes aren’t always super-scary!

Here she is exploring her new home:

And here she is polishing off her one meal of the week: