Q. I notice you sometimes include scientific names of animals in your columns. One time you identified a timber rattlesnake; another time, two turtles (an Alabama redbelly turtle and a stinkpot).

Scientific name of a snake: Snakes are some of the most interesting and, in many places, most scary animals on Earth. In India, where between 46,000 and 60,000 people die from snakebites every year ...