Zoolabs come for a visit!

We had a wonderful afternoon with Bronte Donovan from Zoolabs and her three interesting pets. Bronte was orginally from Australia. Before she started work with Zoolabs she used to work in Belfast Zoo.

First we meet Jaba the Giant Snail who was six years old. 🐌 A snail has over 20,000 teeth! He was a bit slimy to touch. Bronte told us a story about Jaba going missing from her table one day, only to turn up stuck underneath it.

Next we met Sarah the Tarantula. 🕷 Sarah was 2 year old but can live up to 25 years old. Male tarantulas normally only live to 5 years old in the wild as the females eat them. We didn’t get to touch or hold Sarah, but we saw her close up! He body was all covered in tiny hairs. Bronte told us all about how Tarantulas make webs on the ground to hear their prey coming.

Finally we met Malfoy the American Corn-snake. 🐍 A lot of children didn’t want to touch Malfoy but they were brave and gave it a go. He wasn’t slimy at all.

We really loved our visit, it was a lovely surprise after our Holy Communion.