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>> >>BETH: HOLD A HISSING COCKROACH IN YOUR HANDS, ALL THIS AND MORE CAN BE FOUND AT DR.ハENTIMO'S
PALACE OF EXOTIC WONDERS, SO ENTER IF YOU DARE.
>> >>: IT'S GOT A CIRCUS SIDE SHOW FEEL TO IT.
IT EMPHASIZES THE WONDERS, THE EXTREMES OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL WORLD.
>> >>: WE ARE STANDING RIGHT HERE AT THE OPENING OF THE PALACE OF EXOTIC WONDERS.
IT'S A CIRCUS SIDE SHOW WONDER. >> >>: THERE'S ALSO A SECTION ON IT'S CALLED
A ROGUE'S GALLERY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INSECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF A CRIME.
AND IT'S TO YOU TO FIGURE OUT BASED ON THE EVIDENCE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GUILTY.
>> >>: I HAVE ONE OF THE INMATES IN OUR ROGUE'S GALLERY HERE.
THIS INMATE HERE WAITING TRIAL IS ACCUSED OF INJECTING VENOM AND ***.
>> >>: THERE'S NOTHING IN THE EXHIBIT I WOULD SAY IS DEADLY.
BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF THINGS THAT WOULD HURT IF THEY BIT YOU OR THEY STUNG YOU.
>> >>: THEIR FANNINGS ARE KIND OF LIKE THE SIZE OF SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES AND THEY DO
INJECT A LITTLE BIT OF VENOM, BUT ITS POTENCY IS NOT ENOUGH TO HARM US.
>> >>BETH: TARANTULAS CAN MAKE GOOD PETS. DWANE HAD ONE NAMED ROSY FOR MORE THAN TWO
DECADES. EXHIBIT HAS A WHIP SCORPION.
>> >>: FIRST I WAS TERRIFIED. I WAS LIKE MAYBE FIVE YEARS OLD OR SO.
AND I SAID THAT'S AWFUL. BUT THEN AS I STARTED GETTING TO KNOW IT A
LITTLE BIT, THE PERSON SAID HERE, YOU CAN GET TO KNOW IT AND HANDLE IT A LITTLE BIT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELL IN LOVE. THEY DON'T STING.
HOWEVER, THEIR BIG DEFENSE IS, AND I LOVE THIS, THEY CAN SPRAY ACETIC ACID OUT THEIR
BUTTS. >> >>BETH: THAT'S SOMETHING NO KID CAN RESIST.
>> >>: I WAS HOLE HOLDING THIS THING THAT JUST MOMENTS BEFORE I HAD A HORROR OF AND
NOW IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS I HAD EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. THAT'S KIND OF
LIKE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE HERE WITH THIS EXHIBIT.
>> >>BETH: AT THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBIT LAST WEEK, KIDS LIKE HOLLAND CAME DRESSED AS A
COCKROACH WERE RIVETTED. >> >>: THIS COCKROACH IS MOVING.
>> >>: WHAT WE DO HERE IS WE TRY TO DISPEL SOME OF THE MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS THAT
PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT INSECTS AND THEIR KIN. BUT IN A WAY THAT'S FUN AND COLORFUL AND VERY,
VERY FAMILY FRIENDLY. >> >>BETH: I TOOK DELIGHT IN HOLDING A MILL
MILL U PEED WHOSE LEGS TICKLED AS IT WALKED ON MY ARM.
>> >>: THERE ARE PORES ON THE SIDE OF THE BODY THAT WILL LEAK OUT HYDROGEN CYANIDE.
REALLY SMELLY, IT TASTES TERRIBLE, AND HERE'S ONE PIECE OF ADVICEハ NEVER, EVER, EVER LICK
A MILLIPEDE. >> >>BETH: I WOULD ALSO AVOID PICKING UP ONE
OF THESE WHEN HE IS ANGRY. >> >>: THAT IS A THREAT POSTURE.
>> >>BETH: SAFELY BEHIND GLASS THESE EMPEROR SCORPIONS SHOW OFF THEIR SKILL OF UNDER UV
LIGHT. >> >>: THE COMPOUND UNDER THE EX O SKELETON
DOES BREAK DOWN OVER TIME F.YOU FIND A VERY OLD SCORPION IT'S NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
>> >>: FOR ME IT'S THAT SENSE OF WONDER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES MY BRAIN TURN EVERY DAY
IS THAT THERE ISハ THAT LIFE IS AMAZING AND I THINK THIS IT EXHIBIT SHOWS YOU THAT BUG
LIFE IN PARTICULAR IS REALLY AMAZING AND IT'S REALLY COOL AND IT REALLY IS FILLED WITH LOTS
OF EXCLAMATION POINTS. >> >>BETH: THAT'S THE KIND OF PUNCTUATION
YOU'LL FIND A LOT OF AT DR.ハENTIMO'S PALACE F EXOTIC WONDERS.