Snakes alive! No, they’re dead

Schneider, research museum collections manager for the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology’s division of reptiles and amphibians, holding a jar containing snake specimens in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. They are part of a donation from Oregon State University that could make Michigan’s collection of snake specimens the largest held by any research institution in the US. — AP

GREG Schneider scans rows upon rows of liquid-filled glass jars. They all contain coiled snake specimens.

However, it’s just a portion of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology’s reptile and amphibian collection believed to be the largest held by any research institution in the US thanks to a recent donation.