To replace Catfish Planet, Museum & Aquarium staff is completing construction of a feature exhibit. The exhibit, titled “Venom,” will display all sorts of wonderfully colorful, intriguing and venomous creatures including Spiders, Jelly Fish, Bugs, Scorpions, Poison Dart Frogs, Snakes, Lizards and Fish. As well as displaying several different types of venomous creatures, “Venom” will explain the difference between poison and venom, educate visitors on the poisons in their home, and give a brief history of poison and uses of poison in our world.

Highlights of “Venom” include the use of manipulative cameras that allow visitors to zoom in on the animals in the exhibit, and a crawl through rattlesnake exhibit that allows visitors to get a “prey’s-eye view’ of a rattlesnake. A mock kitchen cabinet, garage shelf and medicine cabinet display some of the harmful and sometimes deadly poisons in the home.

“Venom” will open on Saturday, May 10, 2008.