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Tim Dauls
Science, boys and Science
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It's a jungl

By Brian Gibbs care of them and take them
home," said Davis.
ions, tigers and bears—
L not quite, but almost. As pets the student has to sign for
To check out one of the class
one walks into Room 402,
POOF!, he has passed from one just as he would do for a
library book. The animals that are
Keith Gilliland classroom to jungle. Well, al­ not checked out over a
Science most. The animals are kept in weekend are left at the school,
cages. to be fed by machines that drop
Here's the deal: Tim Davis, food into their cages once a day.
science teacher, has moved Some of these pets come from
three aquariums of outdoor Florida, the others from pet
animals into the classroom. "It's stores. Davis' budget pays
something different," says some for the animals, students
Davis. also chip in.
i the name given to a boa the rabbit, entertaining them by
"Boomer" is the name of a
The class fave is "Boomer"
resident rabbit, and "Crusher"
"hopping around in class."
Davis' personal favorite, though,
Davis, I’d rather not feed the
Joe Pinkail constrictor. No thanks, Mr. is the salt water tank becauseof
Science, head snake! the many different organisms.
sophomore class Besides them, room 402 is "Things you don't see in
sponsor home to starfish, urchins, crabs, Nebraska," says Davis.
corals, sea horses, jellyfish, Davis also commented that
mice, anemone and a tarantula. buying the dried foods for the
The tarantula looks dangerous, rabbits and hamsters, the
but Davis said that none of the grasshoppers and crickets for
displayed creatures are harmful the bluegill, the mice and rats
to students. In fact, Davis’ for "Crusher", and the shrimp
students share in the maintain­ and oysters to be fed to the
ing of the animals. "They take organisms is not too expensive.

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