Exotic Education: Stars Of Reptile Exhibit Teach Fourth-graders About Conservation

Sandy Cullen:

Some fourth-graders at Madison's Marquette Elementary School got to see something Wednesday they likely never will again -- Principal Joy Larson wearing a boa.

Not the fluffy, feathery kind, mind you.

The 45-pound, 8 1/2-foot boa draped around Larson's neck and shoulders was scaly and very much alive.

The red-tailed boa constrictor was one of three reptiles who took a field trip from their home at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium to promote its new exhibit "Lizard and the Komodo King," which is on view through February.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 11, 2006 5:03 PM
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