JUNE 29, 2011 - WASHBURN COUNTY REGISTER - PAGE 27
Laker Times When does a library become a zoo?
The children’s attention was glued to the albino Burmese python on the table while the adults kept their attention on the snake for a different reason.
Educators with the Lake Superior Zoo Zoomobile brought animals from the zoo in Duluth to the Shell Lake Library on Thursday, June 23.
Rhianna Murray wasn’t scared, well maybe a little, but she had Aunt Jennifer Johnson to protect her. The strange and sometimes scary looking creatures are a fascination for young minds. This was the last in a series of summer programs held by the Shell Lake Library made possible through donations.
PHOTO AT LEFT: Up close and personal with a bearded dragon from the arid, semi-desert region of Australia. The library is a great place to explore the great diversity of wildlife on planet Earth by reading or through programs like this. PHOTO AT RIGHT: The tiny screech owl was a hit with everyone at the program. Found only in the Americas, the screech owl is the smallest species of owls. The male will make a nest, and the female will select a mate based on the nest he made and the amount of food he has stored in the nest.
Photos by Larry Samson
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