Gloucester: Ammar Syed, 8, of Gloucester touches one of the snakes that Rick Roth of the Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team brought to the Sawyer Free Library Sarurday morning. Roth presented Snakes of Massachusetts and the World and brought out a variety of snakes in all sizes for kids to get a good look at up close. Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times

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