Brookvale Public School

On the Wednesday, March 11th Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 went and saw a show that was called Snake Tails. It was all about reptiles. There are 4 kinds of families. They are the lizards, crocodiles, turtles and snakes.

There were 4 snakes that the man brought in to show us. There was a brown snake, a red bellied black snake, a fierce snake and the death adder. There was a box next to him that had all the families in it except a crocodile.

First he took out a  blue tongue lizard and talked about blue tongues for a while, then he took out a turtle and explained about what them. After that he took out a lizard called a dragon lizard. Dragon lizards can run on their back legs so fast that they can run on water. Last of all he took out a snake called Baby Face. It was very big.

Snakes can't hear nor see very well. He told us that if you are three metres or closer and if you are moving the snake will have a go at you, but you are a blur to them. You never hit a snake. If you see one, just  walk away. Snakes can't generate heat so they like to lay in the sun.

He told us that some snakes lay eggs and some snakes have live babies. 18 of the 20 most deadliest snakes live in Australia. Some snakes can bite 30 times a second. At the end we got to pat and hold Baby Face, and she was pretty heavy.

He said that lizards like snails, bugs and spiders to eat. Lizards are cold blooded, they can't generate heat, they have a nose, eyelids, legs and ears.

In four boxes were snakes, there was a red bellied snake, death adder, brown snake and the fierce snake.

The most poisonous snake is the fierce snake it lives in cracks in the ground in the Australian  Desert. Their bite can kill you very quickly.

Some snakes lay eggs and and some snakes have live babies. You can keep snakes but you have to have a licence.

Snakes are deaf and almost blind, they have a forked tongue for smelling, they have no ears, we can run faster than them and they can't close there eyes even when asleep.

The four families of reptiles are Snakes, Lizards, Turtles and Crocodiles. The Anaconda is the biggest snake and weighs about 1000 kg and lives in water.

Mr Taylor asked children to take photos of children holding the reptiles. At the end everyone got to hold the python Baby Face.

Australia has 18 of the deadliest snakes in the world. The python went around my neck but pythons are not poisonous they eat mice and rats. To kill their prey they squeeze it till it loses consciousness. I had to take a close up photo. We even saw a death adder.

We also saw a turtle and some lizards like a blue tongue, stumpy tale, which has a tail that looks like its head. The dragon lizard, it lives in the trees and has sharp claws.

My favourite thing was when we saw the python.

We also learnt that the worlds largest, fattest snake is called the Anaconda. It spends nearly its entire life in the water because it is too heavy to move itself on land. Did you know one bite of a fierce snake can kill two hundred people?

Did you know brown snake's poison is so toxic that when it bites it actually damages your nerves? Did you know snakes can only see about 3 metres? Do you notice that a snakes tongue always sticks out? It cannot smell with the nose, the tongue sticks out and swallows the smell into the mouth.

At the end we touched a python called Baby Face. It was a great day!