Little Ray's Nature Centre

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Little Ray's Nature Centre

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Little Ray's Nature Centre is home to the most rescued, abandoned, and confiscated reptiles in Canada. Little Ray's Nature Centre uses hands on interaction with a large variety of animals to engage and educate visitor's to the zoo. Learn about reptiles, mammals, birds, amphibians, and even fish from around the world! Our brand new outdoor and indoor enclosures will change how you see the animals t

hat we see every day in our own backyards. Open year round our zoo is the best kept secret in Ottawa! Can't come to the Zoo? Have us come to you! with our special birthday packages you can have some incredible guests to your next birthday party, corporate event, or even wedding!

10/27/2025

It's that time of year again and our 'Not-so Creepy Crawlies' are back to say Happy Halloween!!!

Photo credit: Naomi Leclerc

09/16/2025

Little Ray’s support of the critically endangered wood turtle is still going strong in our third year of the program, with a record 55 neonates born this year. These turtles will be raised for two years in our care before being released, a process called headstarting, to give them a huge advantage against one of their major threats in the wild, predators like raccoons and foxes that easily eat eggs and hatchling turtles.

08/30/2025

This cute little guy is another one of our rescues. His name is Peter Quill and he is a four toed hedgehog, also known as an African Pygmy Hedgehog. These little creatures have 5000-7000 quills( which are actually stiff hollow hairs). When they feel threatened they curl up into a tight ball with the quills facing outwards. They are nocturnal and love to eat bugs!

08/29/2025

Meet "Ruby" our resident tomato frog. They get their name from their bright red colouration, not how they taste! In fact when a predator grabs them they secrete a large amount of a white sticky poison. This poison can cause an almost immediate allergic reaction in the predator, forcing it to let go. Humans can have this same allergic reaction, although it is NOT deadly.

08/27/2025

Here is a short video of our 2 toed sloth - Iris. She is coming down for her morning snack.

Address

2781 Colonial Road
Ottawa, ON
K0A3E0

Telephone

+16138228924

Website

http://www.littlerays.org/

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Little Ray's Nature Centre is home to the most rescued, abandoned, and confiscated reptiles in Canada. We are the first carbon neutral zoo in North America. Little Ray's Nature Centre uses hands on interaction with a large variety of animals to engage and educate visitor's to the nature centre Learn about reptiles, mammals, birds, amphibians, and even fish from around the world! Our brand new outdoor and indoor enclosures will change how you see the animals that we see every day in our own backyards. Open year round our nature centre is the best kept secret in Ottawa! Can't come to the nature centre? Have us come to you! with our special birthday packages you can have some incredible guests to your next birthday party, corporate event, or even wedding!

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