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Archives of The Cold Blooded NewsThe Newsletter of the Colorado Herpetological SocietyVolume 32, Number 10; October, 2005 |
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Your Snake's Substrate Frozen Frog May Give Docs Jump on Human Transplants Civic Duty Calls At the Molecular Level, the Predator is the Prey Exotic Venomous Snakebites in the USA at the Millenia Crossover (extract) Exploding Toads Puzzle German Scientists PREVIOUS ISSUES September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 2004 Index 2003 Index 2002 Index Earlier Issues About the Cold Blooded News CHS Home Page |
Civic Duty CallsReprinted from Herp Beat, the newsletter of the Upstate Herpetological Association, V.16, No.5, May 2005.Originally from the newsletter of the St. Louis Herpetological Society, Vol.28, No.6, June 2001. A 17-year-old tortoise called Max Schell has been summoned for jury service in Massachusetts. The animal is listed on Boston's election records as a male with an unknown date of birth and occupation. Owner Stephanie McLaughlin keeps her pet's name on her mailbox, which led to it accidentally being included on voting registers. Election officials say they passed on the information from annual records to Suffolk County jury commissioners, who had no reason to doubt he was qualified to serve. Ms. McLaughlin told the Boston Globe: "It would appear they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. He would clam up in the event the defendant scares him. I don't think he has a good enough handle on the criminal justice system to make any informed decisions." Copyright © 1998 - 2006, Colorado Herpetological Society. All rights reserved. | ||
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