Mo had skinned knees from chasing a particularly swift grasshopper, skinned palms from climbing a tree to retrieve a spider (with web, of course), and leaves and twigs in his hair from climbing into a bush after a cluster of really lovely Holly Blue butterflies. So basically he was a mess, but he was well pleased with his collection of insects. He'd even managed a Painted Lady, which was pretty unusual this early in the year.

But to really round out his biome, Mo needed some reptiles or amphibians. Sure, a red squirrel would please him to no end, but it would be way too big for his glass jar... plus it would break Mo's heart if he accidentally killed it. Actually, it would break his heart to kill any of his creatures, but he was especially fond of mammals.

In search of other creatures, Mo crawled along the pathway on his hands and knees, constantly on the look out for anything that looked familiar. He crawled over a rock and nearly put his hand right on an adder sunning itself there. Lucky thing, too, on account of that was a poisonous snake... although not deadly. He didn't feel bad at all about putting that thing in his biome. Teach it not to bite at people.

Once the adder was sufficiently confined within his bag, Mo flipped the rock over... just in case there was another snake beneath. Nope. No snakes... but there was a common lizard, which would do nicely. Mo might even pull the tail off and mail it to Vivi for funsies. Maybe.