Snake Day 2007

Every year, the Miami Science Museum hosts Snake Day, a community event featuring snakes and the people who love them. This year, nearly 1,000 people came to the Museum to celebrate all things herpetological and 125 brought their pet snakes with them!

This year, Snake Day included several special events, including a Hot Snake Show, Snake Jeopardy, Venom One presentations, and a photo exchange. It also featured the annual contest for the best, biggest, and most unusual pets. This year's winners are:

Most Unusual

1^st Place: Howie Huntman - Apelgate Albino San Diego Gopher Snake
2^nd Place: Rafael Fuentes - Albino Kingsnake

Junior Herpetologist

1^st Place: Tyler Krotenberg - Mexican Pine Snake
2^nd Place: Stephen Cuoco - Corn Snake
3^rd Place: Josh Baron - Kenyan Sand Boa

Largest

1^st Place: Fred McLendon - Super Tiger Recticulated Python
2^nd Place: Jeremy Snowden - Burmese Python
3^rd Place: Jose Reyes - Blood Python

People's Pick

1^st Place: Jeremy Snowden - Burmese Python
2^nd Place: Tomo Sloane - Ball Python
3^rd Place: Sarah Goldenberg - Burmese Python

Best of Show