Sunday, July 13, 2008
Hear “The Truth about Tarantulas” at Ozane’s Insectropolis Bug Museum
Did you know the mayor of Insectroplis, a Bugseum, is Rosie the Rose-haired Tarantula*? Just how bad is the bite, if at all, of a tarantula? Is it true tarantulas can kill animals as large as lizards, mice, or birds?
Learn “The Truth about Tarantulas” on July 19 and again on August 16 at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at “Saturdays in Summer,” weekly Bug Talks sponsored by Ozane’s Insectropolis Bugseum, 1761 Route 9 North, Toms River. All programs are free with an admission fee of $7.00 a person. Children age two and under are free. Free guided tours will be given at 11:oo a.m. and 1:00 p.m. immediately following program Call Chris Koerner, curator of Insectroplis, at 732-349-7090 for further information.
Mike Cummings, Lakewood, an arachnid enthusiast since he was nine years old, will share a lot of information most people don’t know about tarantulas during his presentation. Attendees will also have an opportunity to touch Rosie the Rose-haired Tarantula.
Cummings, who is an education major at Georgian Court University and the primary zookeeper at Insectropolis, is responsible for caring for the hundreds of live arthropods at Insectropolis. Cummings first became interested in tarantulas when his mother gave him one when he was nine. Cummings is also traveling throughout New Jersey presenting the "Bugs on The Go" program to libraries, schools, and other educational facilities.
Submitted by Fran Kirschner, Frantasy Enterprises
Learn “The Truth about Tarantulas” on July 19 and again on August 16 at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at “Saturdays in Summer,” weekly Bug Talks sponsored by Ozane’s Insectropolis Bugseum, 1761 Route 9 North, Toms River. All programs are free with an admission fee of $7.00 a person. Children age two and under are free. Free guided tours will be given at 11:oo a.m. and 1:00 p.m. immediately following program Call Chris Koerner, curator of Insectroplis, at 732-349-7090 for further information.
Mike Cummings, Lakewood, an arachnid enthusiast since he was nine years old, will share a lot of information most people don’t know about tarantulas during his presentation. Attendees will also have an opportunity to touch Rosie the Rose-haired Tarantula.
Cummings, who is an education major at Georgian Court University and the primary zookeeper at Insectropolis, is responsible for caring for the hundreds of live arthropods at Insectropolis. Cummings first became interested in tarantulas when his mother gave him one when he was nine. Cummings is also traveling throughout New Jersey presenting the "Bugs on The Go" program to libraries, schools, and other educational facilities.
Submitted by Fran Kirschner, Frantasy Enterprises
