Little Ray's Nature Centre

08/27/2024

These little snakes are growing up so fast! (Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake- Sistrurus catenatus )

08/23/2024

07/27/2024

Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! Little Ray's is in need of newspapers and any donation would help. If you have anything laying around you can drop it off anytime just outside our gates!

06/20/2024

***THIS DRAWING IS NOT UNTIL JUNE 26th! There are scammers out there posing as us we won’t ask the winner to do ANYTHING except come in for your FREE encounter!!! Please do not click any links or give anyone any information they may be asking for.

📣CONTEST ALERT! 🎉 The winner gets a free Live Animal Show!
Show us your best photos taken with our Little Ray’s creatures!! 📸 We will pick our favorite photo on Wednesday 6/26 (any entries may be used by us for future posts or advertising purposes)

06/14/2024

What happens when one of the very best 3D animators you have ever seen joins your team and you get him an incredible resin printer?

So very well done Kieran. Dragons is coming.

06/06/2024

Little Ray’s does Fort Lauderdale!

Survival of the Slowest about to open at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale. Just some iPhone photos but I was excited to share.

Well done team.

06/02/2024

Looking to adopt a beautiful pet snake? How about this recent drop off of a California Kingsnake. "Summer" is a 5 year old snake. Her owner is heading off to university out of town and can no longer care for her. She comes from a loving home but is looking for a new family to care for her and love her. Summer is up for adoption, but she a spicy little noodle and for sure not recommended for first time snake owners/adopters. Summer eats one mouse(Frozen/thawed) per week and has a big personality. She hasn't been handled a lot recently and so she will need some gentle handling and love to calm down a bit. She is available for adoption immediately. The adoption fee is $100.00. Summer comes with a habitat fully set up with a water and fresh mulch. Email Michael, [email protected] if you are interested.

06/02/2024

Check out this quick video of our Sloth(Barry) on the FOX TV show called Animal Control.

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05/25/2024

Love these 2 photos of our black rhino and orangutang sculptures with adoring fans which is part of our Wildlife Rescue exhibit at the Detroit Zoo through October 2024.

Thus far it’s been a huge succes with visitors. I wonder what creature we should build next?

05/16/2024

Did you know that the Blue Tongue Skink drinks with its tongue. Watch this short video to see his lovely blue tongue and the amazing drinking process. Name an animal in the comments below that has some unusual colouration!

05/09/2024

WE HAVE BEEN NOMINATED!

So proud of our team. Our newest exhibit Monsters Of The Abyss in partnership with Nick Regester and Alanna Magovern Regester at Silver Plume Exhibitions has been nominated for best new traveling exhibit. We will find out the result at the American Alliance of Museums conference next week in Baltimore.

Beyond proud to even be nominated. Sheri and I and our team have come a long way from me volunteering in high school to go to schools to talk about animals and conservation in the early 90’s (so I would have experience for my teachers college application) to a small passion project doing classroom education programs starting in 1995 for $20 a program just to cover fuel to being nominated for international recognition for our work and winning countless national awards in Canada for what we do.

I would love to tell you it was all a plan but nothing could be further from the truth. Even today, 29 years later, when I have the privilege to tell the story it feels surrreal. It doesn’t actually feel real and that is pretty special. I never take for granted where we are, where we came from, and where we want to be. It is pretty special to say that even today, I work as hard and passionately for our mission as I ever have.

Truly blessed to live what feels like a dream and loving what you do more than ever. .

And…. I can’t wait to share…. We are working on something that will be the most impactful thing we have ever done as a mission based company. We are about to change what accessibility can be for museums, zoos, science centers, aquariums and botanical gardens. The Phoebe Project is coming and it is going to change the face of accessibility for cultural organizations.

Stayed tuned……

05/08/2024

Snake Alert! This photo was sent in for an ID. The family has a cottage(or home) in Grenville, QC. They were wondering what species this snake is. I know many of you will be able to identify it, but when your post your ID please help everyone out by providing the key areas you would look for to determine the species. Although we have three species of truly venomous snakes in Canada this is NOT one of them. The species in the picture is much maligned as it looks very much like a copperhead( venomous species found in the USA) and is often killed by people thinking it is the venomous copperhead.

05/07/2024

Lets have another go at guessing the species. Little Rays Nature Centre has been Canada's largest exotic animal rescue for more than 25 years. While we take in a large number of more common exotic pets, we sometimes come across species that are far less common. We get ball pythons, corn snakes and bearded dragons all the time. The plated lizard from the last post is an example of a slightly less common lizard. This photo of a snake is a much less common species. I will give everyone one hint - it is not venomous.

05/06/2024

Guess the animal. Sometimes we make guessing the animal really difficult with extreme close ups. This one will be a little difficult as it is not super common. Let the guesses role in!

05/01/2024

04/25/2024

Rhino placement phase one!

So proud of the work our team has done on these sculptures and educational signage.

04/24/2024

Super small world!!! Ran into Sam from Reptile Express at US Customs in Lewiston. Sam founded a great company and is a great guy who provides an amazing service for people needing to move cold blooded friends needing special care and has helped us.

12 years later this was our first face to face meeting.