Louis Agassiz is one of the most well known American biologists who conducted most of his work under the Second Great Awakening (a time in history where everyone was going around singing, "I love Jesus!").
Honestly, he's not that great. Lou studied dirt and rocks and stuff, which if you like that kind of stuff awesome, but it's not my cup of tea. Basically, he went around and wrote "Yep, there is a rock right here." Nice.
Anyway! Onto the hot topic of interest with this guy.
Louis would wander around doing his thing, when -suddenly- a snake would slither in his path. Normally, a person may scream or kick it aside. (Given that Lou was from Switzerland originally, I would have half expected this guy to shoot the snake point blank)
Not Louis Agrassiz.
This mofo would scoop the little (POTENTIALLY POISONOUS) snake up and plop him in his pocket.
Literally he would just walk around with snakes in his pockets, 'cause why not!
Live while you're young! Keep snakes in your pockets! He died at 66, via snake strangulation.
JK!!
Lou died of a stroke...
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American Historical Trivia
HumorLet's talk. I love history and I want to share my love for history with you. History is amazing and can be so interesting if you know where to look. Historical figures are normally a bunch of dumbass kids trying their best. I'm a History Major, so...
