Animal Kingdom Takes Over Levittown School

Gardiners Avenue Elementary School students had a visit from Nick Jacinto of Animal Adventures, reinforcing the terminology learned during the study of worldwide animal habitats.

The Levittown students learned about nocturnal and diurnal habits, camouflage and mimicry that assist in animal survival and what it means to be a warm- or cold-blooded animal.

The highlight of the assembly, however, was the sharing of Nick’s live animals, including Boots, the alligator, Tarzan, the green squirrel monkey, and Warlock, the Eurasian eagle owl. The students were also introduced to Hokey Pokey, the giant African crested porcupine, a milk snake, a parrot and a giant red kangaroo that actually hopped around the gym floor, to the delight of audiences.

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