A friend was visiting from out of town, and she was bringing some of her pets. She got bumped to a later flight, but one of the pets, a snake, was put on the earlier flight. I went to the airport to pick it up.
The snake was just lying on the floor. I picked it up, and it was cold. As it warmed up, though, it started moving. Just a little at first, but after a while it was violently thrashing in its effort to get away from me.