From a Kid’s View

What Junior Reporter Connor DePriest says he loved most about the Scaly Slimy Spectacular exhibit is “all of it.” DePriest, age 10, (center in the photo above) won Atlanta Parent’s contest to stay overnight at the exhibit.

The most fascinating part of the exhibit: The Timber Rattlesnake that was in the exhibit above where we were sleeping shed its skin overnight, which was super cool. Also there were iPad touch screens next to all the exhibits that taught you about the reptile or amphibian with pictures and videos. We got to touch an American Alligator and an Eastern Indigo Snake and look through night vision goggles at the Red Panda sleeping in the tree.

My Top 5 favorite reptiles or amphibians: The Meller’s Chameleon, Green Basilisk, Emerald Tree Monitor, Emerald Tree Boa and Eastern Indigo Snake. It’s a good thing we have a Zoo membership because I cannot wait to go back and see it when all the reptiles and amphibians are in the new building. And I am super excited about meeting the young female Cuban Crocodile once it gets to Zoo Atlanta from the National Zoo. We even got to see the big box it will be transported in.
 
The scaly, slimy creature I’d most want as a pet: A Meller’s Chameleon, because it can change color and blend in with its surroundings. I think it would be cool to be kind of invisible.