Animal adventures at Grayslake library
Instead of just the usual books, DVDs and magazines, visitors to the Grayslake Area Public Library on Sunday also got to check out some wild and exotic animals.
Scott Heinrichs, founder and director of Flying Fox Conservation Fund, presented the Mammals and More! program at the library to teach young patrons the importance of protecting creatures from around the world. Among the animals visitors had a chance to see up close and touch were a bat, an armadillo, opossum, python and a parrot.
Heinrichs has worked more than 15 years on the Sulawesi fruit bat conservation project, which is dedicated to aiding endangered fruit bats of Indonesia.
A bare-tailed woolly opossum climbs on the back of Scott Heinrichs during the Mammals and More! program on Sunday at the Grayslake Area Public Library. Heinrichs and Christine Gomoll of the Flying Fox Conservation Fund brought out a bat, armadillo, opossum, python, parrot and other animals for children to touch.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Three-year-old Tyler Chwierut pets a python snake Sunday during the Mammals and More! program at the Grayslake Area Public Library. Scott Heinrichs and Christine Gomoll of the Flying Fox Conservation Fund brought out a bat, armadillo, opossum, python, parrot and other animals for children to touch.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
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