ANIMAL ANTICS: Reptile Educational "Show and Tell"

A couple of days ago I packed up my reptiles and headed to an Elementary School where I would be talking to 6 different 1st grade classes all about snakes, lizards and tarantulas. Unfortunately I no longer have a tortoise =(
There were 9 creatures altogether and the children LOVED every one of them! They were so fascinated by them and had a billion questions. I explained to them what type of species they were, where they were located, what they ate, and about their sense of smell, sight and hearing. The kids were full of questions, so I let them ask away. Some of the most frequently asked questions were "does it bite?" and "what does it eat?".
"Does it bite?" is a very popular question with anyone I show the animals off too and I must say it is a HUGE pet peeve of mine.
"Does it bite?" OF COURSE it CAN bite just like you or me.
Does your dog bite? no? but it CAN right? Same goes for reptiles or any other species for that matter.
My reptiles generally don't bite out of aggression, they're actually very docile, but that doesn't mean they won't have an "off" day. Reptiles aren't domesticated like dogs and cats and can be kind of hard to read. With any reptile or wild animal, even the most tame, you must be on your guard at all times.
Sorry just really had to put that out there. Food for thought.
Anyways, back to the "show and tell".
My boyfriend and I brought:
4 bearded dragons- 2 male, 2 female
1 Argentine Tegu- my Spartacus
1 Albino Burmese Python- my Loki
1 baby Columbian Red Tail Boa
1 4.5 ft Columbian Red Tail Boa
and of course Lucretia the Chilean Rose Tarantula

The kids got to come up (if they wanted to) to pet the bearded dragons.
Some kids got to pet Spartacus but because I woke Spartacus up from his slumber that morning he was being a bit cranky and uncooperative. So I had him on his harness and leash and let him walk around on the floor. The kids got to watch him from a distance.

They kids also got to witness the bearded dragons eat some super worms. They REALLY enjoyed that.

Unfortunately they didn't have parent permission to touch the snakes. =(

The event went really well! I was really tired out when I got home! The reptiles were too.

I'm bummed that I didn't think to get pictures of the kids with the animals. Maybe next time!

Here are the reptiles that showed themselves off for the kids:

Rocko: Bearded Dragon