Bean Museum with Katy B!

My friend from High School works at the Bean Museum and gave us the back stage tour of some live reptiles they have at the museum. It was feeding time which the lucky little boys got to participate in. They helped feed dead mice to some sort of large lizard. They saw a snake get fed, and they helped feed Otis the Turtle, just for starters.

This is Megan another nice person at the museum that was helping the boys feed the animals, since apparently Katy B does not touch them - I don't blame her. Luke was standing so far away from snake that I couldn't get him in the shot, this is his very nervous smile while he touches the snake. Colby was disappointed they didn't have a 20ft Anaconda snake. Bummer.



Feeding Otis the Turtle.

Otis made a bee-line for the way of the door and Luke was in the way. You would have thought there was a gigantic snake or spider coming his way the way he kept trying to back up and get out of Otis' direction. Colby was more worried about his bare toes being next on the lunch menu as Otis got very near to his feet.

A very spiky lizard. That Colby wanted as close of look as he could get.

Colby and his BFF holding hands.

Colby was very interested in the dead Gila Monster, a very poisonous lizard, that was on display. Megan and Katy chuckled and told him "Sorry, no poisonous reptiles" when he lamented the fact that it was dead.

Thanks Katy B and Megan - it was awesome!