Check out this week’s featured specimen!
(Pictured below, really close up!)
Photo: N. Sincero © California Academy of Sciences.
Can you guess what it is? Here are some hints:
- This animal helps control rodent and grasshopper populations, which can be harmful to agricultural crops.
- It is nocturnal.
Leave us a comment with your answer! Then come see us in the Classroom on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 2:30 pm for Science Story Adventures to see if you're right and to learn more about this animal. Science Story Adventures is our program for children ages 4 - 8 and their caregivers. In the program, we explore the natural world through stories, specimens, games and crafts.