Browsing our list of new exhibits at NYC museums? Look out for this cool one coming up! Kids dig reptiles (especially scary looking ones), so it makes sense that the American Museum of Natural History is about to unveil an exhibit in their honor. “Crocs: Ancient Predators in a Modern World” dives into the lives of crocodilians (the group that includes crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials) to give families a closer look at their behaviors, biology, evolution and more! Families will also learn how to “speak croc,” see a model of Gomek, the biggest crocodile ever exhibited in the Western Hemisphere, and test their knowledge with fun facts and trivia.
Visitors will encounter the (live!) Siamese crocodile, American alligator, African dwarf crocodile, African slender-snouted crocodile plus life-sized dioramas of the Australian freshwater crocodile, the Indian Gharial, the Estuarine crocodile and the Cuviers dwarf caiman. Yes…you heard us right. Live crocodilians.
The exhibit will open May 28, 2016 and will run through January 2, 2017.
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