Saturday, October 22, 2011 FANGS! A Spooky Creature Feature A Halloween Family Open House featuring a presentation with live animals from the Elmwood Park Zoo 12:00 - 4:00 PM Presentation at 1:00 PM Come in Costume! The presentation will be American Sign Language interpreted.
Drawing by Joseph Leidy, Archives of the Wagner Free Institute of Science Are fangs creepy or cool? At this time of year when bats, werewolves and vampires seem to be everywhere, we invite you to learn about the power and purpose of FANGS -- designed to intimidate, tear flesh, inject poison, and hold and kill prey. If you dare, examine the fangs of live animals, including an alligator, tarantula, bat, snake and more! Do all animals with fangs eat meat? Are fangs ever used to draw blood? We'll answer all of your curious, juicy questions! After examining our long-toothed friends visiting us from the Elmwood Park Zoo, come explore the Wagner museum collection to find our fanged creatures. Children can participate in hands-on activities with natural history specimens and craft Halloween decorations to take home for the holiday.
Visitors are encouraged to come in costume. The museum may be viewed without attending the presentation. Wagner educators will lead scavenger hunts and hands-on activities for children in the museum.
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