Round 'Em Up
It’s a hot summer day on South Bass Island. Near Scheeff East Point Nature Preserve, a small group of people are walking along the water, lifting rocks and looking intently at sunny spots. At a shout from one person, they converge and grab at a clump of writhing, black-and-grey scaled bodies, lifting the snakes up to stick them carefully into waiting pillowcases.
For most people, a day like that would prompt at least mild discomfort, if not a sigh of “why did it have to be snakes?” For Stone Lab’s education and outreach coordinator Dr. Kristin Stanford and her team of dedicated volunteers, it’s just another day of Nerodio.