“Warm Up With The Cold-Blooded” at the Buffalo Zoo January 15, 2011

BUFFALO, NY— Come in out of the cold, and celebrate “Warm Up With the Cold-Blooded” with your favorite scaly friends in the Buffalo Zoo’s Reptile House on Saturday, January 15, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Visitors will enjoy hot drinks as they listen to keeper talks, play games and watch handling demonstrations and feedings. All activities are free with Zoo admission.

The schedule of events is as follows:

11:00 a.m. Hellbender Headstart Presentation

11:30 a.m. Weight contest: Guess the weights of our endangered turtles, Tomi & Sully, and learn more about their confiscation story (prizes awarded)

12:00 p.m. Enrichment Keeper Talk

12:30 p.m. Snake Feed & Keeper Talk on Venomous Species

1:30 p.m. “Do You Hear What I Hear” guessing game (prizes awarded)

2:00 p.m. Animal Ambassador Pictures (Bring your camera to have a picture taken with a Buffalo Zoo reptile)

2:30 p.m. Hellbender Feed & Trivia Game (prizes awarded)

For more information regarding this event, please contact the Buffalo Zoo at (716) 837-3900