What a fantastic experience the Sunshines had on Wednesday! We had a visit from Michala at Lion Learners and she bought in some animals for us to meet. We did some very carefully listening about how to handle the animals, and how important it was for us to wash our hands before and after handling the animals. We got to meet Timmy the Royal Python, Spinderella the Tarantula, Claude the Bearded Dragon, Nina the Guinea Pig and Xena the Millipede.
Michala demonstrated how to safely interact with the animals and made it clear that if we didn't want to hold or touch them we didn't have to. She gave a choice if we could like to hold some of them, stroke them or have them placed on our leg. While we were holding the animals she told us some really interesting facts. The Royal Python can be found in Africa and has 300 bones. One member of Team EO asked how many bones humans have so after our workshop we used Google to find out and now know that adults have 206 bones and children have 270 which then fuse together! We learnt that Timmy shreds his skin every 3 months to grow. We discussed what Nina like to eat and drink. Spinderella and Claude were both 8 years old and we learnt that Xena has 250 legs! We said they tickled us when we held her! It was wonderful to see how brave, and engaged with the animals the Sunshine were. We had a lovely afternoon and the adults are super proud of everyone!
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