We were lucky enough to have a zoo-lab workshop to visit us in Year 2 as part of our Rainforest Geography topic. We met Nina, a Spiny Stick Insect, Splat, a White Tree Frog, Pudding, a Corn Snake, Humphrey, an Albino Gecko, Tilly, a Curly Haired Tarantula, Turbo, a Madagascan Hissing Cockroach and Pip Squeak, a baby African Rat.
We learnt so many interesting facts. Did you know that the Albino Gecko can drop its tail if it is caught by a predator and grow a new one? And that the Spiny Stick Insect can curl up the back of its tail to make it look like a scorpion to put off predators? And did you know that the Madagacan Hissing Cockroach has two brains, one in its head and one in its stomach? Here are some photographs of our Year 2 children meeting the animals:
