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Changing
Exhibits Gallery
Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly
Saturday, September 26,
2009–Sunday, January 10, 2010
 Admission:
Adults/$8
Children 4-17/ $6
Children 3 & younger – 0
Member adult /$4
,child/$3, w/membership card
ASTC Reciprocal $4/adult
$3/child, w/ ASTC card
Reptiles:
The Beautiful and the Deadly’ group rates for 10 or more, when
booked in advance through the tour coordinator, will be $5 per
person. Call 256-237-6766 or email
gmorey@annistonmuseum.org, subject
line “Tour Inquiry” to book a tour.
Add on a special live reptile program for your group for $75.
This program is offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays only.
Slithering into
Anniston Museum of Natural Hissstory Saturday, September 26,
2009, it’s
Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly.
This incredible traveling exhibition introduces visitors to a
variety of amazing reptiles, including deadly snakes, colorful
lizards, bizarre turtles, alligators and crocodiles, all
exhibited in naturalistic habitats. Designed especially for a
family audience, it includes 19 living dioramas, more than 15
interactive components and 35 informational panels. You’ll view
fascinating images from wildlife photographer Joe McDonald.
Through interpretive graphics and hands-on activities, you’ll
learn about reptile anatomy, behavior, ecology and conservation.
Get past the myths about reptiles and grasp an understanding of
how reptiles fit into the history of life and the fabric of
their native environments.
Some of the exotic and exciting
reptiles you’ll encounter are: the Leaf-tail Gecko, a lizard
which gives new meaning to the word camouflage; the Gaboon
Viper, an African viper with the longest fangs (up to two
inches!) of any snake; the Side-necked Turtle, who folds its
head to one side under the shell for protection, unlike most
turtles, who pull their heads straight back; and the rare
American Crocodile, of whom only an estimated 500 nesting
females survive in Florida Bay off the southern tip of the
state.
Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly
is a
complete traveling reptile zoo - the product of more than 35
years experience. It is equipped with a full-time reptile keeper
and state-of-the-art reptile husbandry facilities. Over two and
a half years went into the exhibition from conception and design
to final construction. Designed and produced by Peeling
Productions at Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland, an AZA accredited
zoological park with over 40 years of experience interpreting
and exhibiting reptiles.
Anniston Museum will offer a
variety of special programs and events during the run of the
exhibit, including informative lectures and hands-on experiences
with reptiles from the Museum’s own live animal collection.
Program information and other exhibit information will be posted
online beginning in Summer 2009 at www.annistonmuseum.org.
Check the calendar of events regularly for updated programming
information.
Special admission rates apply
September 26, 2009–January 10, 2010: Adults/$8; children 4-17/
$6; Members adult /$4 & child/$3 with membership cards.
Anniston Museum
of Natural History and
Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly
– it’s
natural hissstory like you’ve never seen before!
Exhibition
Highlights
• Reptiles:
The Beautiful and the Deadly
is the largest traveling reptile exhibition in the world.
• Visitors
get eyeball to eyeball with high-profile species of living
reptiles from around the world including cobras, vipers,
pythons, alligators, crocodiles, snapping turtles, gila
monsters, a giant water monitor and many more.
•
A hands-on, minds-on adventure!
Visitors can touch a live snake; “milk” venom from a model
rattlesnake; open and close the jaws of a deadly Gaboon Viper;
guess the length of giant snakes; listen to the grunts, hisses
and bellows of crocodiles; test their reptile IQ with “Lizard
Wizard” and “Turtle Trivia;” and learn how to tell alligators
from crocodiles.
• Reptile
habitats are set into an exhibit island that provides a secure,
climate-controlled service area where a professional keeper
cares for the living collection. This exhibition is a fully
equipped moveable reptile house.
•
The exhibition presents the four
major groups of living reptiles; turtles, crocodilians, lizards
and snakes. Each section answers fundamental questions, like
“What is a turtle?” and explores the structure, habitats, and
survival strategies of each group. Visitors leave with a broad
understanding of how reptiles fit into the animal kingdom, their
native habitats and the ecology upon which we all depend.
• The
exhibition is full of spectacular close-up photographs by
world-renowned wildlife photographers Joe and MaryAnn McDonald.
These stunning images are used both in backlighted panels and in
a twenty-minute multi-image show.
Founded in 1930, Anniston Museum of Natural History is a
nationally accredited museum with the purpose of enhancing
public knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of living
things and their environments. The Museum preserves and studies
collections that relate to humankind and the natural environment
and interprets these through interdisciplinary exhibits and
programs. The Museum is committed to providing educational,
recreational, and economic benefits which will improve the
quality of life for diverse audiences. Exit 185 off I-20 between
Birmingham and Atlanta. North on State Hwy 21 seven miles.
Anniston Museum is located in Lagarde Park at the intersection
of State Hwys 21/431. |
