ALMA – The Alma Community Centre was packed, and the parking zone was overflowing when Sciensational Sssnakes of Guelph slithered into city on Family Day, Feb. 19.
Hosted by the Alma Optimists, the occasion exceeded expectations, as households with youngsters of all ages watched and listened with rapt consideration.
Admission to the occasion was by donation with proceeds going in direction of lots of the occasions that the Alma Optimists set up for the neighborhood.
Jenny Pearce, alongside together with her fellow “reptile ambassadors,” captivated the room with their kid-friendly strategy to instructing about reptiles, each snakes and turtles.
Jenny Pearce and her boa constrictor.
“You are slimier than a snake”, stated Pearce to the viewers. “You have yucky oils on your skin when you sweat that snakes don’t have on their scales.”
Most of the snakes and turtles on show have been native species, with a couple of exotics added to the combination.
The viewers was launched to Ruby the garter snake, Dasani the northern water snake, Smokey the black rat snake, an endangered jap fox snake, and an enormous boa constrictor that wound round Pearce’s arms and shoulders whereas she talked.
Also included have been corn snakes, a Blanding’s turtle and a big snapping turtle.
Although the informative a part of the present was nicely acquired by the viewers, by far the most well-liked half was the hands-on portion the place those that desired might maintain a snake.
According to the Sciensational Sssnakes’ web site, their major goal is to advertise “conservation through education,” and their reveals present folks with “a chance to meet reptiles in person and learn how to help them.”
Pearce began this system in 1994 as a business and enjoys sharing her ardour of working with reptiles whereas instructing folks to not be afraid of them.
She claims to be “very privileged to work with such a fantastic team of people and animals everyday.”
For extra data on Sciensational Sssnakes and their academic shows go to scisnake.com.
Carter Dales learns concerning the endangered jap fox snake whereas attending the presentation in Alma on Family Day.
