Youngsters are introduced to reptiles as Scott Shupe of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo visits Turnagain Elementary School Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 in west Anchorage. Shupe and his snakes, lizards and tortoise are in Alaska for two months.
Right on cue, a boa constrictor sticks out its tongue as Scott Shupe describes how the tongue acts as a sensory organ during an assembly Friday September 14, 2012 at Turnagain Elementary School. Shupe, of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo, is visiting Alaska for two months.
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