New boy, 4yr asain water monitor
Got nothing planned for the 1st of May?
Want to do something fun with the kids?
Why not head down to
Aylestone Hall field
Aylestone Lane
Sinfin
12pm-4pm
Plenty to do and ofcourse we will be attending.
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Fun Fact Friday
Today’s Fun Fact Friday is all about
Dessert Blonde Tarantulas
● Male tarantulas live 10 to 12 years. Females can live twice as long.
● Across their body they are covered in a short coat of hairs.
● This is a New World Tarantula found in the deserts of South Arizona and North Mexico.
● Yes, like all tarantula bites, the desert blonde tarantula bite can sting like a bee’s. Its venom is not poisonous or fatal but it can cause pain, itching, swelling, and throbbing in the stung region.
● Desert blonde tarantulad like other tarantulad will molt while lying on their backs (though some will molt on their sides). Molting usually takes anywhere from 15 minutes
Fun Fact Friday
Today’s Fun Fact Friday is all about
Reticulated Pythons
● The reticulated python is a large snake found in Southeast Asia.
● Like all pythons, it is non-venomous, and uses constriction to overcome its prey.
● The longest-ever reticulated python was found in 1912 and measured 32.8 feet.
●Snakes don't hear like we do — after all, they don't have ears. Like all snakes, the reticulated python is deaf and can't see well due to immovable eyelids. It "hears" with its "columella," an ossicle organ that helps it sense vibrations from movement.
Fun Fact Friday
Today’s Fun Fact Friday is all about
Black Throat Monitors
● Black Throated Monitors are native to Africa, ranging across the east African country of Tanzania.
● Black Throat Monitors have forked tongues like snakes. The chemical receptors on their tongue help in detecting prey’s location with better accuracy.
● Black-throated Monitors use their tails for defense, swimming in the water, or even grasp their prey. They have a very robust and reliable tail, which is about two-thirds of their body size.
●Monitors shed their teeth and grow new ones all through their lives
● They can live between 13-20 years
Fun Fact Friday
Today’s Fun Fact Friday is all about
Bull snakes
●Bull snakes can be found throughout America, northern Mexico and parts of Canada.
●Bull snakes have a very loud hiss, which is used as a defence mechanism.
●During the colder months the bull snake will hibernate underground below the frost level.
●The head and neck of the bullsnake is more or less of the same width. It has a prominent overhanging supraocular scale above each eye makes the bullsnake look as if it is perpetually scowling. The rostral (nosetip) scale is thick and vertically elongated
Every Friday we are going to do Fun Fact Friday about reptiles.
Today's Fun Fact Friday is all about
Western Hognose Snakes.
● Hognose snakes can play dead, They’re alert the entire time they’re doing this act, and they can defecate while emitting an unpleasant smell during this display.
● In the wild, hognose snakes prefer to feed on toads and frogs, which they like to hunt by digging them out from under the soil.
● Hognose snakes have saliva that’s venomous or poisonous depending on whom you ask. It hardly affects humans, but it’s lethal to the small prey they eat.
● Hognose snakes get their name from the upturned scale at the end of their snout which they use to dig in loose sand and soil.
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Evening everyone
We have some exciting news!!
We have some new animals which will be joining us soon, we don't want to give to much away to you just yet but we will be introducing the new members to you all very very soon.
We are super excited and we can't wait for you to meet them.
