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Sunday, May 19, 2013 | 1:08 p.m.

Reptile & Amphibian Day

Where

The Schiele Museum
1500 East Garrison Boulevard
Gastonia, NC 28054

Upcoming

10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2013

Categories

Museums | Sights,  Outdoors | Recreation,  Nature

Jump, slither or crawl to Discovery Place for activities, games, crafts and meet n greets with special reptile and amphibian guests. Stephen Hutchinson, manager of the Latta Plantation Nature Center, will be at the Museum with a collection of live native reptiles and amphibians. Educator and naturalist Chris Baldwin also will be on hand to talk about the differences between the American Alligator and the American Crocodile, two of the most feared and revered reptiles on the planet. They have the most powerful jaws of any animal on Earth yet can gingerly sweep up newly hatched young in their mouths and carry them down to the waters edge. Learns ways to tell the two reptiles apart, which one is the biggest man-eater, how powerful their jaws are, why their eyes glow red when you shine a light into them and much more View a private collection of more than 20 reptile skulls, including massive alligator and crocodile skulls, snake skulls and a full snake skeleton. Included in admission
 
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