Saturday June 2nd - Emerald City Reptile Expo
As part of the Seattle Science Festival taking place at the Seattle Center the weekend of June 1st -3rd the Northwest Herpetological Society and the Bean Farm will host the Emerald City Reptile Expo inside of the Exhibition Hall. Past attractions of the expo have included python eggs hatching, “Gecko Hogwarts”, and 3-D “Name That Reptile” Game. Last year’s Expo boasted a “hold a tarantula” workshop for beginners, several demonstrations of feeding cockroaches to lizards, an alligator who could be petted, and Predator’s of the Heart’s owl singing along with “hoot let the dogs out?” This year guests will have the chance to enter the Outreach room where they can touch live reptiles and amphibians. The Outreach room also includes show-and-tells about the reptiles and set-ups of their natural habitats. There will also be two live animal shows on the Center grounds, one at 11:45am at the Fisher Plaza Stage and the next at 1:15pm at the Mural Amphitheatre Stage
Additionally the “Predators of the Heart” live shows will take place at 12:00pm, 2:00pm & 4:00pm in the Exhibition Hall. (It is not known exactly which animals will be making an appearance, but there will be at least one alligator!)
Kids will also be able to “guess Donatello’s weight”. Donatellos is a male sulcata tortoise who is the size of a lawnmower! A prize will be awarded to the child with the closest guess.
More info at:
Who: All Starlight Families!
What: The Emerald City Reptile Expo
When: Saturday, June 2nd meeting time at 11:00AM (The Science Festival will be taking place on the Center grounds outside the exhibition hall as well, our tickets and hand stamps grant us in and out privileges so you may explore the Science Festival and stay as long as you’d like!)
Where:
Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
321 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109
How: Please RSVP to Patricia at patriciam.starlightnw@gmail.com by Monday, May 28th, with Reptile Expo in the subject line. In the body of the message please include your starlight child’s first and last name, parent name, number of people attending and number of tickets needed***, and your phone number.
***Please note: Admission for children under 10 is free to this event, in your email please include the total number in your group as well as the total number who are over the age of 10 and will require tickets.
