Snakes-N-Scales - School Programs G7-HS

This show brings the biggest reptiles in any show within 100 miles, truly our WOW show.
It also brings our herpetologist, and founder Bill Boesenberg
himself to your school. The “WOW” can come from watching
a nearly 100 lb America Alligator, “Blue,” sit in Bill’s lap,
like a great black puppy; or from a 6 ft Water Monitor Lizard,
“Elizardbeth,” hangout and sniff the air with her foot long tongue,
while everyone laughs at the story of how she came to us; or
you might be “Wowed” by getting to touch the gentle beautiful giant, “Hernia,” a 100 lb Burmese Python.

Topics covered include portions of zoology, classification, environmental science, evolution, physiology, animal psychology and animal training and handling.
Students will learn and be amazed with a combination of humor, awe and compassion for creatures, to which few, ever get close.

This is good large venue program. This show needs a lot of space, no less than 12x6 ft just for us. Not including the audience. Two six foot tables and a chair must be provided.

PRICES FOR THE GREAT REPTILES

NORTH NJ (201,973,908,)                                             $380
CENTRAL NJ & SI (732, 609, 856, 718 Excluding So NJ) $410
SOUTH NY (845, 914, 516, 631)                                       $410
NYC (212, 718, 917, 646, 347)                                         $450
No. PA (Delaware Valley),                                              $450
CT (203)                                                                          $410
PHILLY & SOUTH NJ (Atlantic, Cape May, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland)   $455

“THIS IS THE BEST ANIMAL SHOW

YOU’LL EVER SEE.”

The Snapping Turtle, the Coatimundi, the Python, the Fox, the Alligator, the Wolf and a few surprises;

all go fang to fang in a comedic verbal game of

“my predator is better than yours,” delivered by two of the most gifted animal presenters in the United States,

Herpetologist Bill Boesenberg,

"Presssident" of Snakes-N-Scales,

and Animal Expert Travis Gale,

owner of Eyes of the Wild.

Observe each of these animals live, and find out which predator is the most successful, which is the most resourceful, the largest, the fastest, the smartest,
which is the most dangerous to us and which are we the most dangerous to. Look through the animals’ eyes,as Travis and Bill use their years of experience to give the audience unique and unusual points of view.
Learn about the predators habits and habitats, their ecology and their personalities, all while enjoying these two entertainers’ antics and skill.

This program easily accommodates a couple hundred people, and will keep them laughing, learning and interested for an hour and a half. Program can be made appropriate all ages

This show goes anywhere in NJ, NYC, Southern NY state,

Delaware Valley PA, DE and CT, for $1500

Bill B. has repaired countless turtle shells that were struck by cars, hatched endangered turtle eggs, mended broken legged frogs, nursed 100lb pythons, pulled lost alligators out of people’s pools, performed surgery on injured and dead mother snakes and turtles to rescue the eggs for hatch and release, answered dozens of calls from local police and Poison Control for snake identification and capture, caught loose monitor lizards on the turnpike, rescued injured venomous snakes, and was called

“The New Jersey Crocodile Hunter,”

By the Bergen Record.

This program brings Bill B. and a select few of his “kids” into your school to fascinate the class with his successes and failures in twenty years of helping creatures many fear but most find enthralling.

All predators evolved adaptations to maximize their chances of catching prey, these adaptations are sometimes called strategies. (Though the animals didn’t think them up!) The variety of strategies is mind blowing; ambushing, stalking/tracking, envenomation, constriction, drowning, overpowering, and the list goes on. This program uses representative reptiles and amphibians to illustrate the fascinating interplay of behavior, physiology, experience and preference used to catch a meal.

PRICES FOR REPTILE RESCUE AND PREDATORY STRATEGIES

Reptiles are deep in our minds and our society to a
surprising degree. Think about all the stories of dragons,
the fables that include snakes, the terror struck, yet awed
accounts of crocodiles and it isn’t hard to see that these
scaly beasts hold a strange and special place
in out thinking and our culture.

Using live reptiles, maps, art and artifacts this program
looks at some of the roots of why humans have always
both feared and respected reptiles. The peoples of
Ancient Egypt, Rome, Polynesia, Medieval Europe and
the Modern West are touched upon.

PRICES FOR REPTILES IN MYTHOLOGY CULTURE AND HISTORY