Thursday, March 28, 2013

A House Full of Snakes



Instituto Butantan


                After an amazing lunch fit for kings, our Sunday school teacher dropped us off at the Butantã Institute. From what I heard, it was a place that USP keeps reptiles. It’s not only a reptile museum of sorts but so much more. Our first stop was the Serpentário, which to be honest, wasn’t all that exciting. It’s a whole in the ground divided into three sections to keep different snakes; I saw only one. The rest of the park held more treasures. For a small fee of R$2.50, we were able to visit the microbiology museum, the old artifacts place (I didn’t catch a name so that’s what I’m going to call it), the monkey-ria, and what seemed like a reptile house at any zoo (only this one had every type of snake imaginable). Another very interesting and educational trip for the books. 


My Favorite Snake in the Institute

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