Our Year 6 pupils are in St Petersburg, Florida this week attending a herpetology camp. This 5 day educational experience is being held at the Boyd Hill Nature Reserve and the children are being taught by George Heinrich, a Field Biologist of Heinrich Ecological services (http://www.heinrichecologicalservices.com/). Today the children considered the similarities and differences between amphibians and reptiles; found out about all the different classes of creatures that are amphibians and reptiles; walked in the park and saw gopher tortoises, ospreys and an alligator; and finally handled a variety of non-venomous snakes which are natives of Florida. There are 18 species of snake living in the different habitats that make up the Botd Hill Nature Reserve. We will update this post as the week goes on - but here are some photos from our first day!
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