Yes...I about peed my pants!!!!!

Shaun and I had the coolest and most heart pounding experience today. We went to a birthday party at the Herpetological Society. Basically it is a couple who has opened up their home and rescued hundreds of reptiles that were owed illegally as pets or accepted them in from people when they got bored with them. They care for them and place them in zoos, etc.. around the country. They also do a lot of educational tours at schools and events to help kids learn that most of these reptiles wont make good pets. A very cool extra is that they got a call from the CDC last week to take in some wallaby's temporarily. They were amazing! They just hopped around all of the grounds. Came up to the kids to eat palm tree leaves (and corn chips) and they even have their own bedroom inside the house:}

Ok, the pee my pants part. Can you believe this is Shaun in these pictures? Where did this brave kid come from? Needless to say he LOVED the hundreds of turtles and tortoises we saw, but the kids actually swam with an alligator, a water monitor, and a freaking tiger python. We also got to see 13 different types of rattle snakes and a king Cobra. Can you believe people are dumb enough to keep these things in their homes??? Anyway it was an awesome experience and Shaun has high hopes of returning for his birthday. Who wants to get in the pool :) ?



This is a Rhino Iguana. Believe it or not, being in their pen with them was the scariest of all to me. They really FREAKED me out!!!

Shaun right at home with the African tortoises.
One of the Oh so cute wallaby's

She literally hissed every time we looked at her! (This is not the one the kids swam with)Yes, this is the alligator headed right for Shaun.



NO! We are NOT getting a snake!