First I'll start by introducing myself. My name is Thomas Reynolds I was born in Dallas, TX, I am now 27 years old, I'm married and I have two kids: 1 boy and 1 girl. I currently reside in the state of Kentucky. I enjoy hiking, hunting, fishing, playing guitar and keyboard, singing, and spending time with my family. I graduated from Murray State University with a Bachelor's Degree in the Area of Wildlife Biology. I love the study of all wildlife, but after I completed a course in Herpetology (the study of snakes), my outlook on snakes was forever changed!

Before I enrolled in the Herpetology course at Murray State University, I would often kill snakes that crossed my path because I believed that I was making the world a little safer to live in! Each kill I would think to myself, "That's one less snake that we will have to deal with. . ." I found out that I was REALLY WRONG!

Why should I care?

Everyone should care! We all live on this planet together and it is our responsibility to preserve it as much as possible. Try to picture this in your mind: You're standing outside . . . the wind is softly blowing . . . the sun is shining down on you . . . a large shadow moves across the ground . . . you look up in the sky and you see a magnificent flock of Passenger Pigeons sweep across the sky.

Do you know what a Passenger Pigeon is? Probably not because it is extinct now. The Passenger Pigeon was once the most abundant bird here in the United States. They went extinct because of over exploitation (over hunting for commercial needs). What animal is going to be next? Snakes?

The earth is nothing more than a gigantic puzzle. Everything that exists on this earth, living or nonliving, has a very important role in our ecosystem. If one piece of the puzzle is missing, the overall picture may still be identifiable, but if too many pieces are missing the picture may become unidentifiable. We should try to keep all the pieces together as much as possible so generations to come can share what we have today!