Today is the last planned activity for this summer and I have a feeling the librarians saved the best for last. Mr. B, from Wildlife on the Move, presented a variety of animals to the kids and talked in detail about each one. The first one he brought out was the Desert King snake and this little critter is nonvenomous. Mr. B likes to move around a lot so most of my pictures are not as clear as I'd like them to be.
Mr. B also showed us the largest tarantula I've ever seen and this one is call Chilean Rosehair tarantula. It does not bite and its preferred method of defense is to dislodge irritating hairs from its abdomen with its hind legs.
The library was especially crowded today and surprisingly, Kinsey did not run over to Kiki when she spotted her.
After Mr. B presented each animal, he would ask for a volunteer to come up and either touch it or hold it. The bottom right picture is Sarah's son, Tanner.
I was in awe when Mr. B brought out this giant python. It is so big and the color is so pretty! He let each kid touch the snake then he posed for pictures. He was letting the kids hold the end of the snake but I told him that I did not want to hold the snake. As you can see from the picture, Kinsey made herself comfy by taking off her shoes and Beck was not excited about having his picture taken. We were the last ones to get our picture taken and I'm so glad we stuck around because Mr. B told us he was going to let the python relax on the floor before he packed up the snake. It was incredible to see this creature chilling out on the floor.
We have thoroughly enjoyed each Wednesday activity at the library and I sure am sad to see it come to an end. This one is the most memorable, Linda's Backyard Bunch (puppet show) and the Wizard of Oz lady were the most entertaining and the juggler was the most fun presentation. A big thanks to the librarians for putting this together for the kids!
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