Roberto Warren and his Boa Constrictor friend

March 11 was Reptile and Amphibian Day at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Museum has taken down 2006 blurb but you can view the similar 2005 blurb. Crunch was back this year. I've taken my young friend Roberto for several years running.



The boa constrictor exhibit really draws Beto, many snakes and all are available to handle. He and this specimen became close buddies, Beto handled the boa for the better part of an hour while I watched the python man with much, much bigger specimens which he did not allow visitors to handle, too dangerous.