Sherry, Oved, Gabby and I went to Little Ray's Reptile House. This something I've wanted to do for ages - Little Ray's comes to the science classe at Woodroffe High School every year, at Issy Bragg's invitation - but I've never gotten to see them - and I got a Groupon coupon, so we went! It was great fun -holding a tarantula, observing a snake eat a mouse, petting a baby alligator, getting up close and personal with a lynx - it was soo much fun!
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| Monkeys at the front of the house |
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| Who knew frogs could be so interesting? Especially the catching insects part! |
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| This boa was so cool |
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| Starting to swallow and digest a mouse. They freeze the mice, then warm up their heads so that the snake will think they're alive. First the snake constricts quickly around the mouse, thinking that it's killing its prey - then it finds the head amongst its coils and starts to swallow. This snake, however, couldn't find the head once it had "killed" the mouse - the the worker gave him another one, right in the mouth. Afterwards, she fished the first mouse out of its coils and put it back in a jar for later . . . |
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| Oved feeding the turtle - he would loooove Humphrey and his family! |
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| Actual American Bald Eagles! |
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| Oved and I held the tarantula - Sherry and Gabby sat behind us and leaned backwards . . . |
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| Another cool snake |
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| We touched that one, too |
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| What a cutie! Not as bad as it looks - this lynx was someone's pet, but they got rid of him as soon as he started to grow. No zoo would take him and he was tamed, so Ray's Reptiles rescued him from oblivion.He used to have the run of the place, just like a kitten, but as he got bigger, his playfulness got dangerous - or at least scary to little kids - so they have him in a cage now, although he's obviously well loved! |
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