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Pythons, alligators and chinchillas – Oh, my!
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by tigers9 on July 10, 2009
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These are the types of articles we need after captive python (tiger, bear...) attack, educational or fuzzy heartwarming, NOT stuff/statements that big reptiles don’t make good pets, Be positive, go forward, don’t give our enemies anything that they can use against us. The sweet pic with kids with the same type of python that killed the kid in FL shows that not all pythons will kill in all circumstances.
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http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/news/schools/x135742267/Pythons-alligators-and-chinchillas-Oh-my
Pythons, alligators and chinchillas – Oh, my!
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Sacred Heart Elementary students enjoy the animals presented by Dick Buchholz of Mobile Education Productions Inc.
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GateHouse News Service
Posted Jul 10, 2009 @ 06:00 AM
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KINGSTON —
Lions and tigers and bears they weren’t, but pythons and alligators and chinchillas roamed the gym at Sacred Heart Elementary School. Principal Sr. Ann Therese, along with the School Programs Committee led by Mary Cubellis and Rosemary Economou, recently brought the program to the faculty and students in Pre-K through grade 6. The theme was “Animals and Our Environment” and the mood was excitement and enjoyment.
Dick Buchholz of Mobile Education Productions Inc. was at Sacred Heart Elementary not only to entertain but to educate students about habitats, extinct animals and endangered species. Hands-on learning is a successful tool in education, and Sr. Ann Therese is aware of this important strategy.
Students and faculty were introduced to a South American chinchilla named “Buddy,” a sharp-quilled hedgehog named “Wicker,” a very large American alligator, an Eastern box turtle and “Bob,” a 10-foot albino Burmese python. Everyone was allowed to pet Bob, and some students were given the opportunity to help carry Bob back to his container.
Sisters Lauren and Cady Nessralla of Plymouth, who just completed kindergarten and second grade, respectively, were both asked to hold Bob. Cady thought it was “really cool.” Most students thought Bob felt smooth, but Emma Cunningham of Hanson thought he was “pretty rough.”
“We should all learn about animals before we get them as pets,” Buchholz said. “We are supposed to take care of our pets until the end of their lives, not until we get bored with them.” When we “dump” animals in open fields, he explained, we’re risking a change in the balance of nature.
After a discussion on recycling and not disposing of trash in the environment, he reminded students that nature and wildlife truly depend on our actions as stewards of our environment.
Sacred Heart Elementary School is part of the preschool through grade 12 educational ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence, located in Kingston
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