Middletown Police Dept. D.A.R.E. Event

ShopRite's Bear & Rita's Ice's Itailian Ice mascots

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Even a bear and a Itialian ice love to play with the snakes that were at the event.  The D.A.R.E. program was held by the Middletown Police Dept., in an effort to keep kids off drugs. 

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The new banner was produced by

D & M SIGNS

2464 Route 302

Middletown, NY 10941

845.361.4445

thesignguy@frontiernet.net

Super Dwarf Tiger Reticulated Python. A new addition to our shows.

Pacman the Burmese Python Pacman the Burmese Python

Take your time and enjoy all the pages this site has to offer.  Pacman is on here all the time checking out the site for hours.  He loves the picture sections.

Checkout www.photosbysack.com

This picture of Rock and many other are curtesy of Herb of photosbysack.

Rock the baby Rock Python Rock the baby Rock Python

NEW

We now accept credit card payments.

We now accept VISA, Master Card, American Express and Discover Card for payments.  All credit card payments must be made in full one week before the show.  Contact us on how to use your cedit card for payment.

 

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We would like to thank Tyler, who is a part of our Snake Team. He is a volunteer who helps us with our educational shows.

Tyler Tyler
African Eyelash Bush Viper African Eyelash Bush Viper
Reticulated Python Reticulated Python

Snake Show Information

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Snakeman's Snake Shows


Our programs are entertaining, informative and beneficial for people of all ages. Our programs are age apropriate. We bring many different species of non-venomous snakes for the children to view and touch.  We also have venomous snakes upon request (We are NYSDEC Licensed to have them).  We bring non-aggresive and aggresive snakes to the shows.  Only the snakeman holds the aggresive snakes.  Watch as they try to bite him, but have never succeeded in the past 28 years.

Our emphasis is on teaching about the environment and how snakes provide their part for the balance of nature. Our hands-on approach with snakes educates as well as entertains all audiences!

Our snakes are healthy and disease-free. We also bring anti-bacterial (water-free) hand soap for everyone to use after handling the snakes.

As age groups are different, each show is adjusted (time and information) to fit the appropriate age of your child. We help both the children and adults with their fears and apprehensions about snakes, and most of the time, people who thought they'd never touch a snake touch, hold, and enjoy learning about our scaly friends!

The goal is to excite people and have fun, so they can laugh and understand that snakes are animals like most others. What's more fun than getting your picture taken with a beautiful snake around your shoulders?



Show Programs

Type #1  Performance Show


- We come to you and Snakeman handles and explains about all the snakes and their importance in our environment.
- Time per show 30 min. to 1 1/2 hrs
- Age apropriate information
- We bring 10 to 30 snakes from around the world. Sizes from 10" to
       16'. 
        Venomous snakes are available upon request. 
- Any number of people, but a smaller group offers more interaction.
- No time limit for Q&A after show.
- No time limit for photos after show, taken with your camera.
- After show you can hold and touch some of the snakes

Type #2 Display Show

- We set up tables and display cases with snakes and answer
        questions while handling some nonaggresive snakes.
- Time is from 1hr to 8hrs
- We bring 6 to 40 snakes to view.
         Venomous are available upon request.
- Sizes of snakes range from 10" to 16'
- Any number of people
- We will be there the entire time for Q&A
- We will allow the people to hold and have their pictures taken with
         some of the snakes
         (you provide the camera).

We can provide both types of shows at a single event, but we charge 
         for both shows

R. I. P. Mellow Yellow

Our 16' Albino Burmese Python died in Feb. 2011.  He will be missed at the shows, due to his mellow personality. 

 

Pacman will be replacing Mellow Yellow at the shows.  Pacman is a 12'+ normal color Burmese Python.

Please, partner with us in educating the public on the importance of snakes in our environment and helping to find unwanted pet snakes a good forever home.  Making a donation in any amount will help us to continue in our efforts.

 

We can't offer our free school shows and run our rescue and adoption without your help.  Heating, gas, food and other expenses have to be covered for us to continue our services.  If you would like to help us by making a donation, you can do so by credit card or PayPal.  Just click the button below to make a donation.

 

Thank you for your help.

 

Jerry & Kathi

Amazon Tree Boa Amazon Tree Boa
Southern Copperhead Southern Copperhead
Pin Stripe Royal Python Pin Stripe Royal Python

Ophidiophobia

Ophidiophobia or ophiophobia is a particular type of specific phobia, the abnormal fear of snakes. Fear of snakes is sometimes called by a more general term, herpetophobia, fear of reptiles. It is one of the most common zoophobias (animal phobias). The word comes from the Greek words "ophis" (ὄφις) which refers to snakes and "phobia" (φοβία) meaning fear.

Care must also be taken to differentiate people who do not like snakes or fear them for their venom or the inherent danger involved. An ophidiophobic would not only fear them when in live contact but also dreads to think about them or even see them on TV or in pictures.

     (The following definition was from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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