By SHARON LEE TEGLER, For The Capital
By SHARON LEE TEGLER, For The Capital
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
08/18/11
"Manatees are big and gray" sang 15 "eco-explorers," ranging in age from 5 to 11, as they marched through an audience of proud parents during a show held Saturday at Severna Park Community Center. They stopped before an array of critters they became acquainted with during a four-day "Eco-Adventure Camp" presented by Chelonia Eco-Adventures founder Mei Len Sanchez-Barr.
TOP: With instructor Mei Len Sanchez-Barr in charge of the head and Lia Barrow, 7, Jason Schomig, 6, Ryland Hester, 7, and Olivia Driver, 9, holding successive sections of “Popcorn,” a 6-foot-long albino Burmese python from southeast Asia, the reptile wasn’t likely to escape.
BOTTOM: Kara Anderson, 10, shows off “Crockie,” an African dwarf crocodile, and Liam Driver, 7, displays “Wally,” an American alligator, as Shelby Moston, 6, and Allie Marsala, 10, listen from behind.
Attendees interacted with marine biologist Mei Len's menagerie of invertebrate worms, spiders, amphibians and reptiles, and explored endangered habitats including tropical rainforests, coral reefs and the Chesapeake Bay.
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