Animal Ambassadors

My kids vis­ited the Animal Ambassadors table at the Audubon Society’s Conservation Celebration at the Rust Nature Sanctuary last week­end. They are not squea­mish chil­dren — I once ordered choco­late cov­ered bugs for my son to try at his request — so they were happy to han­dle giant cock­roaches and touch a mil­li­pede. In addi­tion to these exotic ani­mals, I was pleased to hear that Animal Ambassadors has plans to focus more on native species in the future.

I loved that the expe­ri­en­tial edu­ca­tor (a mom!) staffing the booth actu­ally let my two year-old hold an ani­mal. The kids enjoyed check­ing their stuff out.

As a bonus, the sched­ule of upcom­ing shows on their web­site seems like a great place to start when look­ing for fun area events to explore on weekends