MARQUETTE -- While reptiles may make some parent's skin crawl, kids at the Upper Peninsula Children's Museum got a first-hand look at some scaly friends.
It was part of the museum's third Wednesday program called Lizardry: Balancing the Scales of Reptilian Truth.
Dr. Cherie Shevy, a veterinarian with the Bayshores Vet Hospital, explained the reptile world to kids. The children got to touch the animals and learned what they should do if they were to see them in the wild.
"If nothing else, we would like to have them learn a respect, if not a love, for reptiles," said Shevy. "They play an important part in the ecology of the world, both a predator and prey, and we hope that if they encounter reptiles in the wild that they would respectfully let them be."
The museum has their own snakes and a turtle, and Dr. Shevy brought in a tortoise named Tortellini and a bearded dragon named Beardy.
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