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11 · Wednesday, March 24, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com Going wild on March Break SNAKESATIONAL: Above, from left, Mackenzie Tester watches as Sciensational Ssnakes brought a few friends to Hopedale Mall last week. Leah Bova touches a boa constrictor displayed by Steve Marks while Nathasha Ruck simply reacts to the large snake.The show offered hands-on education about reptiles and amphibians and an opportunity to handle them. PHOTOS BY ERIC RIEHL / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER TELLING TALES: Evelyn Wille, 5, listens intently as Lauri Mills, children's programmer with the Oakville Public Library reads Do Your Ears Hang Low? during a story time held at the Iroquois Ridge Public Library branch Friday as a week of March Break activities wrapped up at library branches across town. KAREN NEWMAN / OAKVILLE BEAVER ON THE WILD SIDE: From left, Ethan Coltson, Drake Duban and Anassya Denouden hold a milk snake during a presentation by the Muskoka Wildlife Centre of Ontario to kids at Hopedale Mall. Amongst the wild creatures native to Ontario to be featured were a bird of prey, lynx, turtle and a porcupine -- seen at right sharing a prickly hug to Laura Gallagher of the wildlife centre. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER