While I was showering the other morning, Angela called in to me and said that I should be extra nice to our cat Xiongmao because he had killed a snake. I don't like to hear or even think about snakes, especially not when I'm naked, but this intrigued me. After making sure Xiongmao was OK (and finishing my shower), I went to our front door, where Angela showed me this: Yep, that's a snake! We didn't know if it was still alive, actually, but judging by the strange kinks in its body, we reckoned Read more [...]