Jurassic Ark Encounters NI

🙋‍♂️🐍🧏‍♀️ #talk Tuesday with us at Jurassic. On our encoutners when talking about our snakes we like to share how they get their name's for instance the Ball (Royal) Python here😀. Showing a child how these popular pet snakes form a ball shape when feeling threatened or in a crevice or burrow for protection in order to protect their head. 🐝 In the case of bumblebee here, she's just been taken out of her travel sack and is very used to people so opens out shortly after. 🙋‍♂️ Have a great day everyone. 🐍🌎😁💥 #learning #school #education #handsonlearning #animal #snake #python #ballpython #africa #protection #nature #wildlifephotography #reptilekeeper #snakesofinstagram #facebookviral #reptilesofinstagram #zoo #jurassic #ark

☠️🐍🔥 #checkout Chuck our Eastern diamondback rattlesnake. ☠️If this formidable sound isn't enough to keep you at your distance then the next thing is a bite. 🙋‍♂️ Rattlesnake's like their name suggests, use the rattle at the end of their tail to alert you to their presence and as a warning to stay away. 💥 The rattle itself is made of keratin, the same material that makes up human hair and fingernails. 🙋‍♂️The rattle is made of hollow, interlocked segments of keratin that are created by modifying the scales at the tip of the tail. 💥 The sound comes from when the scales rub against each other when it shakes it's tail muscles which can be up to 90 times per second. 😀 How amazing is that❓️Let us know what you think of our Chuck below in the comments❓️🙋‍♂️🐍🌎😁💥 #deadly #nature #amazing #animal #adaptation #snake #reptile #rattle #rattlesnake #diamondback #eastern #venomous #venomoussnakes #reptilekeeper #snakesofinstagram #facebookviral #reptilesoftiktok #zoo #jurassic #ark

🙋‍♂️🐍🔥 Let the #eyes of the large eyed pit viper draw you in and hold your focus as another week fades away into the darkness. Nothing quite gives you the eye like this beauty, wouldn't you agree❓️🐍🙋‍♂️🌎💥 #checkthisout #amazing #reptile #snake #venomous #viper #pitviper #asia #nature #deadly #wildlifephotography #reptilelover #reptilekeeper #night #darkness #brighteyesss #snakesofinstagram #reptilesofinstagram #facebookviral #zoo #jurassic #ark

🧏‍♀️🐢💥 #checkout some of our friends with a #shell here at Jurassic Ark. From Bowser the Aligator snapping turtle, Raphael the Sulcata Tortoise, to little Sheldon the Red Footed Tortoise. We love our slow moving friends. Olivia here had fun meeting them all, but let us know who's your favourite in the comments below❓️🐢🌎🧏‍♀️😁💥 #turtle #tortoise #amazing #animal #reptile #snappingturtle #sulcatatortoise #redfoottortoise #africa #america #nature #slow #wildlifephotography #reptilelover #facebookviral #reptilekeeper #zoo #reptilesofinstagram #animalsofinstagram #jurassic #ark

🔥🐍 #saturday evening drinks with the golden eyelash pitviper. Like most arboreal #pitviper they prefer to drink running water similar to the rainfall in the wild. Isn't she a beautiful girl❓️😁🐍🌎🙋‍♂️💥 #hydration #water #reptile #snake #drinking #venomous #eyelash #viper #venom #nature #yellow #golden #scale #wildlifephotography #reptilekeeper #facebookviral #reptilelover #reptilesofinstagram #snakesofinstagram #zoo #jurassic #ark

🦖🙋‍♂️🌎 #water #monitor #wednesday here with the incredible Pablo, the sulphur water monitor. Those #colours though are 🔥. 😁🦖🙋‍♂️🌎💥 #checkout #amazing #animal #reptile #lizard #big #watermonitor #sulphur #varanus #asia #wildlifephotography #nature #reptilekeeper #reptilelover #dino #facebookviral #petsofinstagram #animalsofinstagram #reptilesofinstagram #lizardsofinstagram #zoo #jurassic #ark

🙋‍♂️🦎💥 Ever wondered where the #beardeddragon gets its name from❓️Well #checkthisout here, our very own dragon showing you how amazing that beard is. Used for the following reasons 👇 💪 To display when it feels threatened to make it look bigger and more intimidating than what it is. ❤️ mating display rituals with other dragons. 🌞 To help it warm up quickly and regulate it's body temperature. 😁 How amazing do they look when displaying, proper little #dragons 🙋‍♂️ These are one of the most commonly kept lizards as pets, let us know if you have one and if you have ever seen yours display. 🦎😁🙋‍♂️🌎💥 #amazing #animal #reptile #lizard #beardie #australia #downunder #display #nature #wildlifephotography #spikes #reptilelover #reptilekeeper #petsofinstagram #reptilesofinstagram #lizardsofinstagram #zoo #jurassic #ark

💥🦖🧏‍♀️ #monitor #monday with Caesar the amazing crocodile monitor, showing some hospitality and hugs to Olivia all the way from Arizona🇺🇸. Think it's safe to say both have become friends😁. Who says velociraptor's don't like attention. 😁🧏‍♀️🦖🌍🙋‍♂️💥 #friends #animal #reptile #lizard #monitorlizard #crocodile #crocmonitor #velociraptor #pets #scales #america #ireland #wildlifephotography #reptilelover #reptilekeeper #facebookviral #animalsofinstagram #petsofinstagram #reptilesofinstagram #lizardsofinstagram #zoo #jurassic #ark

🌙🐍🔥 #night falls and we all get ready for sleep. The Gaboon Viper has other plans though, lying motionless in the darkness, camouflaged amongst the leaves, ever watching and awaiting the chance of food coming within strike range. Nature's leaves provide a blanket for it like no other. 💥🙋‍♂️😁🌏🔥 #checkthisout #amazing #animal #reptile #snake #venomous #venomoussnakes #viper #gaboonviper #africa #predator #wildlifephotography #reptilekeeper #snakesofinstagram #facebookviral #reptilesofinstagram #nature #zoo #jurassic #ark

🌼🐍🧏‍♀️ Ainsley showing that even the biggest of giants here like daisy who's over 21ft can be gentle sweethearts. 💥 Year of the snake, so we are trying to showcase more positivity on them and how they can be amazing animals and not the monsters they are so often portrayed to be. 🔥🐍🧏‍♀️🌏😁 #yearofthesnake #checkthisout #amazing #animal #reptile #snake #python #reticulatedpython #gentlegiant #nature #wildlifephotography #reptilekeeper #reptilelover #girlswithsnakes #asia #friends #facebookviral #petsofinstagram #snakesofinstagram #reptilesofinstagram #zoo #jurassic #ark

🦎💥 #fridaynight takeaway with this gorgeous Panther Chameleon having its dinner. #checkout that amazing tongue and the accuracy to grab and hold on. Those #colours 🎨 though. 🔥🦎🙋‍♂️🌏😁 #amazinganimals #reptile #lizard #chameleon #panther #pantherchameleon #Madagascar #nature #wildlifephotography #blue #reptilelover #reptilekeeper #petsofinstagram #lizardsofinstagram #facebookviral #reptilesofinstagram #zoo #jurassic #ark

🙋‍♂️🦖😁 #feelgood #Friday here this morning with the amazing Arlo before we headed off to our first school today🏫. Have a wonderful #weekend everyone whatever you may be getting up to. 🦖🙋‍♂️🌏😁💥 #weekend #goodtimes #education #school #amazing #animal #reptile #lizard #watermonitor #monitorlizard #varanus #asia #nature #wildlifephotography #reptilelover #reptilekeeper #goodmorning #feeding #animalsofinstagram #petsofinstagram #reptilesofinstagram #lizardsofinstagram #zoo #jurassic #Ark