Photo feature: Some scaly specimens
Published 12:01 am Wednesday, July 17, 2013
![Jay Sowers / The Natchez Democrat — Rebekah Gilmore, left, is slightly more excited than Jared Barron to get an up close look at a coachwhip snake during a presentation by Terry Vandeventer, the self-proclaimed ‘snake man,’ at the Ferriday branch of the Concordia Parish Library on Tuesday afternoon.](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/07/071713_Snake_JDS1_WEB.jpg)
Jay Sowers / The Natchez Democrat — Rebekah Gilmore, left, is slightly more excited than Jared Barron to get an up close look at a coachwhip snake during a presentation by Terry Vandeventer, the self-proclaimed ‘snake man,’ at the Ferriday branch of the Concordia Parish Library on Tuesday afternoon.
![Jay Sowers / The Natchez Democrat — Vandeventer brought many snakes, including this corn snake, to the library. At left, Vandeventer shows a group of children a snake egg while doing a presentation at the library. He explains how the eggs are soft and that they expand as the developing snake grows inside them.](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/07/071713_Snake_JDS3_WEB-300x170.jpg)
Jay Sowers / The Natchez Democrat — Vandeventer brought many snakes, including this corn snake, to the library. At left, Vandeventer shows a group of children a snake egg while doing a presentation at the library. He explains how the eggs are soft and that they expand as the developing snake grows inside them.