Exotic Birds and Reptiles on Planet Earth

Exotic birds and reptiles will come to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia’s Visitor Center on Saturday, March 2 from 10:00 – 11:30 am. For $5/person ($20/family, children under 2 are free) families can watch an informative and entertaining presentation by Roy Hodge of Exotic Paradise, Atlanta, and his cast of cockatoos, exotic parrots, spectacled owls, monitor lizards, anacondas, boa constrictors and more!

Discover amazing facts, adaptations, and conservation concerns of these animals, and then meet the animals and their handlers. After the 10:00 presentation, children are encouraged to participate in hands-on activities and crafts to learn more about forests of the world.

For more information visit botgarden.uga.edu or call 706-542-6156. The State Botanical Garden is located at 2450 South Milledge Avenue in Athens, one mile south of the Highway 10 Loop.