This exhibit isn't like anything you'd see in the States - Korea doesn't have very strict regulations when it comes to stuff like this. I guess that can be both bad and good, but it was all good for us - hence my title, because nobody came away with any diseases or anything;)
This was a very hands-on exhibit, meaning you could pretty much hold anything there, minus a few things like the alligators and piranas. There was a large reptile section with lizards...
turtles of all sizes....
and Snakes galore! They had several huge glass cases with all the LARGE snakes, and if you'll notice in the picture below, the keys were in all the locks - Only in Korea!:)
Then there was an area with the more furry-type animals. There were rabbits....
guinea pigs, ferrets, hedgehogs, hamsters, mice....
a skunk, minus his stinker (I don't think JT believed me that's stinker was gone, because he kept covering his nose with his shirt when he was around it)....
a few dogs (Alex was getting this little black one to chase him all over the place....
and there were some really cute little puppies that Cora fell in love with....
and a couple of cats....
and more - enough to entertain for hours. There were also two things there that I have always been too afraid to hold, but this time I decided to conquer my fears and just go for it. The first one - these HUGE ugly grub things. Ewwwww.....except they weren't as bad as I imagined. But I wouldn't eat one;)
And a tarantula - also not as bad as I imagined. I held it one time, and then a second time when the guy who was working there tried to put it back into it's case, and it scampered up his arm super quick and onto his back where he couldn't reach it, so I obligingly pulled it off his back for him. Yeah, I'm a super hero;)
Last of all, we got to see one of the big snakes eat a rat. We all circled around the case, breathless with anticipation....
they put the rat in the case - he didn't have far to run....
and *BAM* in a split second the snake grabbed the rat....
and started to coil itself around it. Everyone kind of jumped when the snake attacked - it was kind of funny to see.
As quick as the initial attack was, the death and eating thereof was painfully slowwwwwww. Poor little rat. Oh well, circle of life and all that.
And a tarantula - also not as bad as I imagined. I held it one time, and then a second time when the guy who was working there tried to put it back into it's case, and it scampered up his arm super quick and onto his back where he couldn't reach it, so I obligingly pulled it off his back for him. Yeah, I'm a super hero;)
Last of all, we got to see one of the big snakes eat a rat. We all circled around the case, breathless with anticipation....they put the rat in the case - he didn't have far to run....and *BAM* in a split second the snake grabbed the rat....and started to coil itself around it. Everyone kind of jumped when the snake attacked - it was kind of funny to see.As quick as the initial attack was, the death and eating thereof was painfully slowwwwwww. Poor little rat. Oh well, circle of life and all that.
I'm pretty sure my kids would go back in a heartbeat.
