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Albino Boa was purchased by an owner who was very sensitive to the defect and spent an unusual amount of time with the animal.I am not talking about the ususal soak in the bathtub,hanging out on the back of a chair type of time.I am talking about taking the Boa everywhere...sporting events,the library,church services,everywhere.

Is it possible that this snake could develop beyond the occasional "happy to see ya" tongue flick that our snakes afford us?I am talking about an animal that because of a combination of one of it senses being enhanced or accentuated due to the loss of another sense,combined with a sense of belonging,and truely being loved,could actually develop the capability to reason and to learn?

Could this animal be nurtured to the point that a formal,albeit extremely simplistic,rudimentary level of communication skills be possible?

For the sake of discussion,let's say it is possible,which leads me to the question that is the reason I started this thread in the first place.If this animal developed to the point that it could be sent to school to learn,let's say in a pre-school setting..would it have to be sent home for having pink eye? This has been bothering me and I felt that I needed the insight of the herping community.I am going to ask my superintendent and the school board how they feel about it,but not until 2005 when I retire.

The school nurse would quickly determine that the albino boa's eye was red-colored as a trait of albinism, and not "pink-eyed" because of the very contagious inflammation known as conjunctivitis.

Bill

worrying about that one.I bet I am not alone though,as I bet that question would come up all the time at most school nurses'conjuntivitis training sessions.I have a hard enough time with prepositions,let alone those tricky conjunctivitises.

Although come to think of it,I haven't been prepositioned very often since my hair turned gray.Think I will take a nap now...exhausted from worry and wonder.Mostly wonder,but it really worries me sometimes that I wonder why I worry so much.

There really isn't much I can do to help an intelligent one-eyed Albino except maybe develop an eye-patch and even then if he wasn't as smart as I thought and got the patch on the wrong eye,I would worry that he might run into a tree if he tried to ski.Didn't Sonny Bono wear an eye patch? Just something else to think about.I think I will think about taking the dog for a walk just to quit worrying about it..whatever IT is...I can't remember now.

me to upset to focus.Concentration is ok..just can't focus or pay attention very well.Anyway,I will hang up and listen for responses.

>>Albino Boa was purchased by an owner who was very sensitive to the defect and spent an unusual amount of time with the animal.I am not talking about the ususal soak in the bathtub,hanging out on the back of a chair type of time.I am talking about taking the Boa everywhere...sporting events,the library,church services,everywhere.
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>>Is it possible that this snake could develop beyond the occasional "happy to see ya" tongue flick that our snakes afford us?I am talking about an animal that because of a combination of one of it senses being enhanced or accentuated due to the loss of another sense,combined with a sense of belonging,and truely being loved,could actually develop the capability to reason and to learn?
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>>Could this animal be nurtured to the point that a formal,albeit extremely simplistic,rudimentary level of communication skills be possible?
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>> For the sake of discussion,let's say it is possible,which leads me to the question that is the reason I started this thread in the first place.If this animal developed to the point that it could be sent to school to learn,let's say in a pre-school setting..would it have to be sent home for having pink eye? This has been bothering me and I felt that I needed the insight of the herping community.I am going to ask my superintendent and the school board how they feel about it,but not until 2005 when I retire.

>>>>Albino Boa was purchased by an owner who was very sensitive to the defect and spent an unusual amount of time with the animal.I am not talking about the ususal soak in the bathtub,hanging out on the back of a chair type of time.I am talking about taking the Boa everywhere...sporting events,the library,church services,everywhere.
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>>>>Is it possible that this snake could develop beyond the occasional "happy to see ya" tongue flick that our snakes afford us?I am talking about an animal that because of a combination of one of it senses being enhanced or accentuated due to the loss of another sense,combined with a sense of belonging,and truely being loved,could actually develop the capability to reason and to learn?
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>>>>Could this animal be nurtured to the point that a formal,albeit extremely simplistic,rudimentary level of communication skills be possible?
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>>>> For the sake of discussion,let's say it is possible,which leads me to the question that is the reason I started this thread in the first place.If this animal developed to the point that it could be sent to school to learn,let's say in a pre-school setting..would it have to be sent home for having pink eye? This has been bothering me and I felt that I needed the insight of the herping community.I am going to ask my superintendent and the school board how they feel about it,but not until 2005 when I retire.

five times as worried about this as I have been.It will work itself out.Let's both relax and think about walking the dog.What time could you get here to walk him? I am too worn out from worrying.

>>five times as worried about this as I have been.It will work itself out.Let's both relax and think about walking the dog.What time could you get here to walk him? I am too worn out from worrying.
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JMHO, FWIW, YMMV.

>>Albino Boa was purchased by an owner who was very sensitive to the defect and spent an unusual amount of time with the animal.I am not talking about the ususal soak in the bathtub,hanging out on the back of a chair type of time.I am talking about taking the Boa everywhere...sporting events,the library,church services,everywhere.
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>>Is it possible that this snake could develop beyond the occasional "happy to see ya" tongue flick that our snakes afford us?I am talking about an animal that because of a combination of one of it senses being enhanced or accentuated due to the loss of another sense,combined with a sense of belonging,and truely being loved,could actually develop the capability to reason and to learn?
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>>Could this animal be nurtured to the point that a formal,albeit extremely simplistic,rudimentary level of communication skills be possible?
>>
>> For the sake of discussion,let's say it is possible,which leads me to the question that is the reason I started this thread in the first place.If this animal developed to the point that it could be sent to school to learn,let's say in a pre-school setting..would it have to be sent home for having pink eye? This has been bothering me and I felt that I needed the insight of the herping community.I am going to ask my superintendent and the school board how they feel about it,but not until 2005 when I retire.

>>Albino Boa was purchased by an owner who was very sensitive to the defect and spent an unusual amount of time with the animal.I am not talking about the ususal soak in the bathtub,hanging out on the back of a chair type of time.I am talking about taking the Boa everywhere...sporting events,the library,church services,everywhere.
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>>Is it possible that this snake could develop beyond the occasional "happy to see ya" tongue flick that our snakes afford us?I am talking about an animal that because of a combination of one of it senses being enhanced or accentuated due to the loss of another sense,combined with a sense of belonging,and truely being loved,could actually develop the capability to reason and to learn?
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>>Could this animal be nurtured to the point that a formal,albeit extremely simplistic,rudimentary level of communication skills be possible?
>>
>> For the sake of discussion,let's say it is possible,which leads me to the question that is the reason I started this thread in the first place.If this animal developed to the point that it could be sent to school to learn,let's say in a pre-school setting..would it have to be sent home for having pink eye? This has been bothering me and I felt that I needed the insight of the herping community.I am going to ask my superintendent and the school board how they feel about it,but not until 2005 when I retire.

>>Albino Boa was purchased by an owner who was very sensitive to the defect and spent an unusual amount of time with the animal.I am not talking about the ususal soak in the bathtub,hanging out on the back of a chair type of time.I am talking about taking the Boa everywhere...sporting events,the library,church services,everywhere.
>>
>>Is it possible that this snake could develop beyond the occasional "happy to see ya" tongue flick that our snakes afford us?I am talking about an animal that because of a combination of one of it senses being enhanced or accentuated due to the loss of another sense,combined with a sense of belonging,and truely being loved,could actually develop the capability to reason and to learn?
>>
>>Could this animal be nurtured to the point that a formal,albeit extremely simplistic,rudimentary level of communication skills be possible?
>>
>> For the sake of discussion,let's say it is possible,which leads me to the question that is the reason I started this thread in the first place.If this animal developed to the point that it could be sent to school to learn,let's say in a pre-school setting..would it have to be sent home for having pink eye? This has been bothering me and I felt that I needed the insight of the herping community.I am going to ask my superintendent and the school board how they feel about it,but not until 2005 when I retire.

>>Albino Boa was purchased by an owner who was very sensitive to the defect and spent an unusual amount of time with the animal.I am not talking about the ususal soak in the bathtub,hanging out on the back of a chair type of time.I am talking about taking the Boa everywhere...sporting events,the library,church services,everywhere.
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>>Is it possible that this snake could develop beyond the occasional "happy to see ya" tongue flick that our snakes afford us?I am talking about an animal that because of a combination of one of it senses being enhanced or accentuated due to the loss of another sense,combined with a sense of belonging,and truely being loved,could actually develop the capability to reason and to learn?
>>
>>Could this animal be nurtured to the point that a formal,albeit extremely simplistic,rudimentary level of communication skills be possible?
>>
>> For the sake of discussion,let's say it is possible,which leads me to the question that is the reason I started this thread in the first place.If this animal developed to the point that it could be sent to school to learn,let's say in a pre-school setting..would it have to be sent home for having pink eye? This has been bothering me and I felt that I needed the insight of the herping community.I am going to ask my superintendent and the school board how they feel about it,but not until 2005 when I retire.

I think he should be allowed to attend school....pink-eye or not.....as long as he doesn't try to sneak in illegal drugs like Tylenol for the headaches he probably gets due to his vision handicap.

out to dry.

>>out to dry.