Snakes Alive at the Kansas City Zoo

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Snakes Alive opens at the Kansas City Zoo on Thursday, April 1. The public is invited for the ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. Snakes Alive bring these sensational super serpents to you – to B-U-S-T their Myths!

Thanks to a generous donation from a private donor, over a dozen of these reptiles will move into what was the Birthday Bungalow near the Endangered Species Carousel. In the fashion of recycling and responding to the request for the magnificently shiny slithering animals, we remodeled the bungalow to bust the myths of snakes. (Birthday parties are being held in the new and modern Zoo Learning Center.)

Snakes get a bad rap! Diverse in size and color, with an important role in the web of life, snakes can be appreciated for their beauty and respected as fellow dwellers on this planet. Imagine if snakes didn’t help control the populations of certain rodents that reproduce often. Venom is also being used in medicine research.

Slither, slide, walk or run to the Kansas City Zoo to busta-myth about these glistening ornate patterned creatures. Did you know snakes don’t have eyelids or ears and their “noses” are also found on the roof of their mouths? Starting April 1 – you can find out this and more at Snakes Alive.

Kansas City Zoo is open daily from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. and 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. starting weekends in April.

Admission is $11.50 for adults and $8.50 for children ages 3-11, and, as always, FOTZ members are free.

Call (816) 513-5800, or visit our web site www.kansascityzoo.org for more information.

The Kansas City Zoo is operated in agreement with the Kansas City, MO Board of parks and Recreation and

is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.