Exotic Zoo!

We were very excited when we had a visit from 'Exotic Zoo' - Sam brought us some lovely new friends to meet and she told us lots of information about them.

This is what we found out . . . 

Pascal is a chameleon lizard. He likes to live in trees and can hold onto branches with his tail! Pascal is usually green when he is happy, but will turn black all over if he gets scared. He likes to eat flies, caterpillars, butterflies, and beetles - which he catches with his tongue. Pascal is 4 years old and is now fully grown. His eyes can look in opposite directions!

Max is a millipede and Sam had to wake him up as he is usually asleep during the day! Max has lots and lots of legs which tickled - at 4 years old he is still growing, but he will have about 250 legs when he is fully grown. His skin is a little bit like a snail's shell - carrying his house on his back. Max has feelers called antennae to help him feel where he is going and he likes to eat leaves.

Michelle is a baby tortoise. She is five years old and lives with her mum, dad and baby brother. Her shell is four times heavier than she is! Michelle likes to eat salad, fruit and leaves. She has claws to help her dig in the soil.

Charlotte is a tarantula - she likes hiding underneath the ground and comes out at night time. Charlotte catches food on her webs. She is five years old and really hairy! Charlotte peels her skin off when she grows, she has dark hair so that she can be well hidden and she is very quiet. She likes to eat flies - and 

boy spiders!

Sid is a corn snake, he leaves his skin behind when he grows out of it. He's 1 year old and likes to catch other animals to eat - especially mice. He sticks his tongue out to sniff where he is going, then opens his mouth really wide to catch his dinner - which he swallows in one gulp! He has big strong muscles under his skin and needs to have a drink of water every day.

Fidget is a red-eyed tree frog and he looks like a leaf with red berries. Fidget tries to look poisonous so that other animals wont eat him! He can climb trees and has bright orange feet. Fidget has to stay slimy and he catches flies with his tongue.

We loved meeting all these new friends - what else can you find out about them? 

Let us know!