A Visit to the Junior Museum, December 1999

This is a stuffed beaver. It was part of a model environment. On the wall was a painting of a lake surrounded by trees. In the middle of the lake is a model of a beaver home. 


This is one of the campers posing as a person rowing in a canoe. Behind the canoe is a picture of a river that was painted on the wall.

Here is one of the campers posing as a fisherman in a hand-made, dugout canoe. In the net are plastic fish. 


Inside the museum was a house made out of logs and sticks. This house was a model of an indian home. Our camper is sitting on the bed. It was very comfortable.

Every hour, there was an animal show. Here, one of the handler's is showing us a snake, which is a reptile. The handler let us touch the snake. The skin was soft and leathery. We learned that snakes can live two years without food, but they need water.


This is a turtle that was very used to being around people. In the wild, he would probably hide in the shell or even try to bite. The handler's let us touch the turtle. It was smooth and hard.

This is a caterpillar that will evolve into a butterfly. Caterpillars may shed it's skin as many as four times as it eats and grows. When it's ready to make it's transformation, it attaches itself to a leaf or stem with silk or threads.


This is the pupa stage of a butterfly. During this stage, many changes occur. The muscles that allow the caterpillar to crawl change so that it will be able to fly. The mouth changes from a chewing mouth to a mouth that can only suck nectar from flowers.

Butterflies are found all over the world wherever there are flowers, from the cold regions of Antarctica to tropical rain forests. 


 

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