The library summer reading program up here is on Medieval times, so the closest Science Center (99 miles away!) came and talked about and showed the kids reptiles today.  The kids got to touch a baby alligator, a monitor lizard, a box turtle (really a terrapin), and a ball python.  Did you know that a monitor lizard cannot open it's jaw after it has bitten something unless it hits it's head against something, that a monitor lizard stores it's fat in it's tail, that ball pythons can't hear, or that an alligator's back is bullet-proof?

Nothing like hands-on science, is there?

Oh, and the homeschoolers in the group raised their hands to answer the questions the most, and their answers and observations were very intelligent!  The Science Center employees were very impressed.

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Jul. 1, 2005 - Untitled Comment

Posted by KarenW

Brave children! I wouldn't touch a snake. That sounds like an awesome opportunity. I'm sure they all had fun.

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