Viewfinder: Animals Invade the Library

Did you know some skunks can go their entire lives without releasing that foul odor? Or that ferrets make better mouse-catchers than cats? Or how about that potbelly pigs can be trained to do tricks?

Kids who attended Wallaby Tales Traveling Zoo's "One World, Many Animals" presentation Thursday at the learned all this and much more.

Travis Gale, of Eyes of the Wild Center in Warren County, enchanted the children with several animals, many of which kids would never get to see up close—after all, how often do you get to pet a wallaby?

Gale showed off a coati, Morocco the wallaby, PePe the skunk, Chewbacca the ferret, Charlie the prehensile tail porcupine and Slim the potbelly pig.

In between some tricks performed by Slim and a demonstration of how porcupine quills work, Gale provided a kid-friendly lesson on the animals and answered the children's questions about the furry (and spiky) animals.