CREEPY CRAWLIES

During the Wizards & Witches Express event at The Workshops Rail Museum, the Museum is filled with

lots of creepy crawlies. Some of these are spiders and snakes:

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Snakes are cold-blooded reptiles that have no legs. They are close relatives of lizards. Snakes are

carnivorous; this means they eat meat. They do not chew their food; they swallow it completely using

their flexible jaws. Their skin is covered in scales and they shed their skin in one piece like a sock when

they outgrow it. Snakes can be dangerous if they are venomous, some snakes have enough venom to kill

small animals and others have enough to kill an elephant.

To find out more about snakes in Queensland visit the Queensland Museum website:

http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Reptiles/Snakes

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Spiders are arachnids – they have eight legs, piercing jaws and spin webs made of silk. Spiders come in

many shapes and sizes; some are so small we never see them; others are so large they are as big as

dinner plates. Spiders live in different places all over the world and they survive mainly on a diet of other

insects.

To find out more about spiders in Queensland visit the Queensland Museum website:

http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Spiders

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