Reptiles

Wonder Boy claims that my specialty in gift giving is with experiential gifts. Get your mind out of the gutter! It’s a totally PG type of gift to give. A while back I got him a Segway tour and that was a hit. I’m always on the lookout for classes, tours, speaking events, etc. For our anniversary this year, I outdid myself. Well, I think so.

This past weekend, Wonder Boy and I took a backstage tour of the Reptile House at the Cincinnati Zoo. Awesome! We (and by we I mean Wonder Boy) got to hold snakes, we (me too!) got to pet turtles and lizards. I stood only 2-3 feet away from a rattlesnake while it rattled away. It was amazing!

We both got to hold these turtles. Their legs were so strong, which was in complete contrast to how soft the skin on their necks was.

I could have chosen to do this… but no thank you.

A nightmare in a box. This container was filled with gross worm-y things for lizards to eat and the entire contents of it never stopped moving. Blech!

This is one of the rattlesnakes we saw up close.

We both thought the tour was so awesome that we are now members of the Zoo. That way we can get deals on other tours, because I can assure you that we’ll be going on many more.