Meet the Animals

THE DISCOVERY CENTER IS HOME TO OVER 13 SPECIES OR REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, AND ARTHROPODS!

MEET THE ANIMAL  PROGRAM

45 MINUTES | $3.00 PER STUDENT

An up close, personal experience with our critters to discover exactly what it means to be a reptile, amphibian, or bug specific critters may be requested.

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Our current critters available for the Meet the Animals Program are :

  • Mr. Daisy, A bearded dragon
  • Hextor, A blue-tongued skink
  • Iron Man, A Chilean, rose-haired tarantula
  • Hawaii, a hermit crab
  • Assorted giant,cave cockroaches

** we have other critters in our lobby that are great for viewing but not for touching like our poison dart frogs, Cuban tree frogs , Archibald, our Chinese water dragon and Mosaic, our jeweled lacerta.

The Meet the animals program is often combined with one the following programs….

 

AMAZING ARTHROPODS

45 MINUTES | $3.00 PER STUDENT

Learn all about the various arthropods of the world and what makes each one unique! Dive further into the world of the Discovery Center’s arthropods.

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ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS

45 MINUTES | $3.00 PER STUDENT

A brief presentation on physical and behavioral adaptations followed by hands-on examples, and knowledge-testing stations.

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