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We are pleased to announce the addition of live animals to the museum's current operations! Our animal ambassadors are varied and diverse, with cute fuzzies like rabbits and guinea pigs, to some scary creatures such as tarantulas and scorpions. Our staff and new animals are ready to give you a terrific hands-on experience, whether you choose to visit us at the museum or schedule a presentation at your location. Please see below for our current offerings and stay tuned for more on the way!

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Creature Feature Workshops

Join us at one of our animal encounters for up-close learning! Touch or hold some creepy crawlies or cute cuddlies, and learn about their design features and characteristics. Creature Features are held on select Saturdays beginning in March 2012. See the events calendar for dates. Come discover with us during these wild presentations! Admission to the Creature Features is separate from general museum admission. Creature Features can also be added to a scheduled group tour (ten or more people).

Traveling Animal Tracks Workshops

This program is available to schools, churches, and other venues. Our animal ambassadors come to your location for a hands-on learning experience! Each presentation is developed according to the state standards of Ohio. Choose from the current list of topics available:

• Habitats and Homes - Discover some of the strange places that animals call home. We will explore burrows, dens, nests, and hives with live animal ambassadors!
• Ecology and Adaptations - Ecology is the study of relationships between living things and their ecosystems. We will discuss food webs and the special features that animals have to help them where they live.
• Hide and Seek (Camouflage) - We often walk right by an animal and never know that it was there. Animals hide for many reasons and with a variety of capabilities. We will take an up-close look at some animals that are masters of disguise.
• Venoms and Toxins - Venom is an important tool that many species use to eat and defend themselves. People use these substances for many reasons in medicine and other fields. We will discover some fascinating facts about venom and toxins with the help of some cool critters.
• What's For Dinner? (Diets and Eating Habits) - Some animals eat plants, others eat other animals, and some will eat just about anything. Animals have their favorite foods just like people, and we will discover what some of them are and how they eat once they get it.
• Offense and Defense (Predators vs. Prey) - The animal world is full of danger and animals must use the skills and features they have to survive. We will explore some of the ways that animals hunt and how some defend themselves in a hands-on way.

Each topic listed is for a one-hour presentation. More topics to come.

Although we do our best, we CANNOT guarantee that the animals you request for a program will be available on the day of your program due to illness, gestation, ecdysis, etc. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Learn some fascinating facts about animals from our collection and from around the world! New Spotlights will be listed periodically, so stay tuned.

Read our Species Spotlight column on our blog.

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