And being a "chick who loves snakes" is very cool too! That's what attracted me to my *second* girlfriend, that and the fact that she was very smart, and also the cutest little blonde girl in my second grade class!! (Well, OK, I only owned an Anole lizard then, but she liked that, ergo....)

My boa was only your run of the mill "boa constrictor", but to embellish him/her, we used to tell people he/she was a "Madagascar Sky Boa". Made him/her sound so much more impressive!! (And separated the ignorants from us, cause there is no such species as a "Madagascar Sky Boa"!!)