How to PIT Tag a Snake

So a researcher and a group of citizen scientists showed up at my doorstep as I began eating my grapefruit and honey on my day off.  They said that they were coming onto our preserve to PIT tag the eastern indigo snake, which is a really cool rare species but we have it here.  So of course, despite exhaustion, I agreed to come when they offered the invite.  It was neat to see the process since I recently did a report on tagging and tracking methods for my graduate studies.

Below shows you a little bit of that process: