More than 90 children and adults got a lesson in some of the Earth’s most misunderstood creatures—snakes, lizards and other reptiles—when Bill Boesenberg, founder of Snakes-N-Scales, gave a show-and-tell presentation at the Ethical Culture Society on Feb. 11.
Among the reptiles Boesenberg shared with the group were a Burmese phython 11 feet long and weighing 100 pounds (left); a 6-foot-long Anaconda and a monitor lizard.
Boesenberg, whose North Jersey organization rescues injured or unwanted reptiles, amphibians and fish, uses these creatures to educate children about environmental values, ecology, conservation and respect for life. A licensed reptile rehabilitator, Boesenberg has worked with the Newark Museum and the Plainfield Animal Hospital.