God's Little Creatures

Well, the menagerie in my household is growing. The latest addition is a small ribbon snake. Ribbon snakes have three yellow stripes down their backs and small bits of red and black in between. Their little tongues are bright red. Larry was given a nice sized reptile aquarium with pond made from a dog dish, a hollowed out piece of log my husband found on the property, a rock and a bit of tree found on the wood pile.

Ribbon snakes eat small fish, frogs and tadpoles, so my daughter, the caretaker of this lovely specimen, is also keeping fish in her room. The small fish aquarium has yet to be located, so my daughter decided to put the fish in the small waterfall fountain in her room so that the water would be aerated for the fish. The minnows thought this was great fun and started to jump out of the fountain. There were fish on the desk and fish on the floor. My daughters were standing guard catching fish as they jumped out. A makeshift cover made from a grease screen for a frying pan solved the problem.

Watching these little creatures, the snake and the fish, reminded me again of the amazing care that God took when He created the animals. The snake so agile moves in stealth and silence. The fish in the little snake pond can sense the presence of the snake and quickly move out of the way. What a wonder it is to be able to enjoy God's creation!