Emily the Cornsnake

Emily was named after a central character of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, Mr. Peggotty's niece and David's childhood friend.  In the book, Emily's character embodies tainted purity, a fallen angle, tempted and lured away by James Steerforth.  After all the years of playing Satan, the snake finally gets the role of Eve.

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Hiding out under her rock.

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Emily gets in a big yawn before going for a drink. As is true of this picture, she frequently stretches her chops after taking a meal.

 

 

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Emily was born in Oct 2007.  Here she is on Jan 28, 2008.