Everyone at our recent family gathering enjoyed the animals that we invited to the party, courtesy of a local organisation who are licenced for wild animal rescue, but most people favoured the cuddly guests, such as baby fox, racoons and meerkats. I actually preferred the snakes, quite happily embracing a python and this boa constrictor (if I’ve correctly remembered the variety of snake). Actually they were individually embracing me, each wrapping itself around my arm and, not quite a death-squeeze, but I certainly felt under pressure.
