Our visitors were asked, “How did this exhibition change the way you think about rattlesnakes?” Their comment cards elicited some interesting responses…
March 2013
“We saw camouflaged snakes.” -Grace, Age 5 “They scared the socks off of me, but I liked them. They danced with me! Thank you, Keep them!” -Elliot “Really cool snakes. Thanks” -Gabrieal Winters “I think they are amazing and awesome. I like them, they are very cool! I love them!” -Melissa “Scary, but awesome!” -Hailey “They can be scary sometimes, but cool” -Raina “Needs bigger snakes, but good. Cool!” -Unknown “Snakes are freaky, and really, really scary” -Unknown “Rattle snakes are very interesting. I like to look at where they live, what they look like, and how poisonous they are.” -Alex “I think some are scary and venomous, and some are harmless.” -Danielle Heddrick “I think your rattlesnakes have changed the way I think about them.” -Christian “I think that small snakes are the braver ones. They like being in wild more. And when they are sleeping and somebody wakes them they get mad.” -K’Sea “That was amazing! I love that my family is here, and they love them too. Thanks for the snakes to look at.” -Bree Porting “This was very nice!! I loved the big snakes, they looked awesome. Thanks!” -Grace Porting “I love rattlers! I wish that stuff like this was in Texas. I love it here! Love yall!” -Jessica “Really cool! You had really AWESOME and beautiful snakes. Thank you! -Gabrieal Winters “I think this was one of the best exhibits I’ve seen. I really liked it.” -Kira “I love rattlesnakes.” -Avery Koehn “AWESOME!!!” -Unknown “My mom doesn’t like snakes, but I love them. I think you did a good job. Snakes are awesome!” -Unknown “Rattlesnakes are cool when viewed from a safe distance. Superb exhibit and museum! We’ve been stopping here for years and years, and always loved the well maintained and cared for museum. Please keep it up for future generations.” -Viver R. D Sunderraj- Denver, CO “Very neat! Many cool snakes!” -Lydia Sunderraj “I love Snakes!” -Malachi “I think that it was awesome to see all kinds of snakes” -Unknown “What it made me think about rattlesnakes is that their dangerous and I don’t want to get in a tangle with one.” -Tristin Kinderknecht “I think that they are amazing and cool.” -Dalia “This is now my favorite exhibit we come here every year and I have never seen such cool snakes. Really cool!” -Ashlyn Mallory “Love to come see the exhibit quite often. Very educational for twins. Like now they rotate some on display. Always something different to see!” -Julie Stewart and Joe, Josh, and Jaymi “We really enjoyed the museum. The rattlers were very educational.” -Unknown “I like the babies!” -Anna Townsend “That was the coolest, I came from WA state and I love snakes, great add on” -Dalton Soathad “I really enjoy seeing the snakes! My favorite is the sidewinder!” -Andy “Snakes are awesome” -Korbin “I thought it was awesome!” -Hannah T. “I think they are cool.” -Addison “I thought it was a brilliant idea!” -Logan, Malachi & Zach “I like all the snakes!” -Isaac “I’m not very fond of snakes, however after seeing these creatures up close I now think they’re amazing creatures! I love all the snakes especially the Mojave. I will definitely be coming back to this exhibit!” -Zach Barrie “I like the rattlesnakes. I liked the big one’s more though =)” -Isaac “Rattlesnakes are very poisonous. It makes me be careful around snakes. They are very beautiful and majestic creatures ^.^ I love em! ;)” -Zoe Shaw “They’re awesome! Yah yah” -Logan Stannes “Rattlesnakes are creepy and weird! ^-^ They are cool too! ^.^ They kinda scare me…ohh yea, they are so different and unique from one another! ^.^” -Taylor Stames “Great exhibit! So fortunate to live in Hays and be able to bring the grandkids often!! Thank You!” -Unknown “It was really cool. As long as I don’t meet one in person, I’ll be ok. Otherwise I’m gonna run like heck.” -Paul B. “I think rattlesnakes are part awesome and part dangerous. Also I loved the speaker that made rattling noises. Thanks so much for making this exhibit.” -Ben Taylor “Super!!!”-Emily Wodyard “Cool but scary” -Joanne Taylor “Really cool and amazing” -Kathryn Kudrin “Really big and scary! Sssssss. One even followed my finger all around the place! Their eyes are creepy!” -Rachel and Savannah “I think people can actually look at the rattlers without running away, and learn a little about them.” -Macie Walters “They’re cool!” -Trevor “Why are some snakes so big?” -Penelope “They were very impressive. It’s nice when you can see them up close with life. I learned which ones had the most poison. Very cool!” -Zaya “What I think about rattlesnakes is that they are scary looking creatures that could get you at any point if you don’t watch out.” -Brenda P. “I saw a deadly snake.” -Bryce “I really liked it my dad was freaked!” -Abby Smith “I think they’re kind of scary but really cool” -Unknown “They are awesome” -Unknown “They were cool!!” -Unknown “They are amazing and have huge rattles!” -Braedyn “I think it was awesome, although I will probably not hunt snakes anymore. This made me kind of scared.” -Carle Rathbur “Rattlesnakes are beast” -Jonah Smith “I think they’re cool just creepy. Thanks for the museum” -Unknown “I think rattlesnakes are weird and I never want to be near one” -Lauren “Snakes are helpful” -Gaby Lynn “I do not want to get bit by one” -Unknown “This was an awesome journey through the rattlesnake ways. This was amazing!” -Jakayla Daniels “I love the snakes!” -Carlie “I love the rattlesnakes. They are cool! I like the diamond back. He must be rich since he had diamonds.” -Matty “Hi people, snakes are weird” -Unknown “Stupid” -Dale Petrie “If they bite you, you can get very sick!” -Avery “I learned what the venom of snakes can do to people” -Alexander “I loved the exhibit. The snakes were awesome. I learned that a lot of rattle snakes were toxic and deadly.” -Ethan McDaniel “I think that they are amazing. But they are misunderstood in my opinion. I just wish I could understand them.” -Halle Brucks “Beautiful creatures. Misunderstood though. We fear them, but they fear us more.” -Halle Brucks “I learned snakes can shed their skin! They are poisonous. “ -Tristan “I had lots of fun I hope I can come back soon. The rattlesnakes are very cool! I’m glad I could see them. By the time I was done looking I was asking my dad for a snake! This was my favorite thing in the museum!” -Jobeth Rose “I love rattlesnakes they are so cool!” -Natalie Hughes “Rattlesnakes are amazing animals. I didn’t realize how many species there were.” -Treyton “They are poisonous snakes” -Otto “They could bite you or they could rattle you. They can strike you. They can bite you with their teeth. You should stay away from them, they are dangerous.” -Allison “They were unique and some were the coolest snakes.” -Nolan Hughes “Scarry!” -Unknown “Really amazing” -Unknown “I think that it was cool, but a little scary. My mom made me take a picture with the Eastern Diamondback, * this* far away from his face! Love the sound effects!” -Unknown “I am scared of rattlesnakes” -Grace “I think they are mean” -Kate, age 6 “I think they rattlesnakes are stupid.” -Kira “I want to come back!” -Kayden “I think they can eat big mice and meals.” -Aralen “I want to know how they survive so long and what eats them.” -Unknown “Awesome! I like the T-Rex. It is my fave!” -Rachel D. Hagen “I thought the rattlesnake exhibit was awesome! It changed the way I thought about snakes.” -Dani J. Hagen “That was cool! Some were big! Rattlesnakes are big, and cool! It was fun they were black and white.” -Hayden “I think they are very cool!” -Sam “There is really coo
l things here! The rattlesnakes are awesome and big!” -Taigen Kern “I learned a lot more about different kinds of rattlesnakes. Now I know that their venoms vary and how toxic they are.” -Unknown “I think it is really cool!” -Unknown “Creepy, but awesome! It showed us it’s teeth!” -Unknown “My Dad brings me and my brother every couple weeks. We love the snakes. Thanks!”
-Mason Calvery “I still don’t like snakes, but thanks.” -Eric “They are creepy and really gross, but they are awesome!” -Unknown “I love snakes, they are awesome!” -Haden Creighton “I think all the snakes are scary.” -Makenna Russom, Osborn, KS “I thought it was wicked. It was so cool. I love this place! It is so popular.” -Alex Johnson, Hays, KS “Thank you so much. They were very cool.” -Unknown “I learned to not be afraid of the snakes, and to back away. We watched the movie and now I know not to touch them.” -Caylie “They are the coolest snakes ever. They are awesome! I liked the snakes scales, they were cool.” -Graham “It was fun to see the different snakes.” -Dallas Humphrey, Larned KS “It is an amazing exhibit. I want one of them for a pet.” -Wyatt “Well I hate them, but you guys did a great job! Thank you!” -Aleesha Moeder “Creepy but cool! Thank you!” -Imagen & Skylar Tremblay “I like them because they are big.” -Ayden Herman, Ottawa KS “Rattle snakes are so much cooler when you learn about them.” -Josiah Field “I’m afraid of rattlesnakes.” -Clayton “There is an amzing variety of colors and sizes. It was very educational.” -Catres “I liked the snakes, there were 3 snakes I wanted. They looked cool. I liked the sound of their rattling.” -Bo Decker (3 years old), Russell KS “I loved them, they were the most epic creatures I’ve ever seen!” -Unknown “It was exciting! Thanks a lot” -Jordan Bull, Omaha NE “It was very very very cool! I like the eastern diamond back the most!” -Cydney Howell “I loved it! It was fun!” -Sadie “I think they would bit you.” -Henry Glendenning, Hays KS “I like snakes” -Silas, 2nd grade “Rattle snakes are awesome.” -unknown “You should let people hold them. But it is pretty cool though.” -Aaron “Cool enough that we had to walk through twice.” -Doug McGovern, Hutchinson KS “I am 4 ½. My name is Daniella. I liked the speckled snake. Thank you, Curtis for the tour.” -Daniella, Chicago IL “Gorgeous animals! I love this exhibit! Definitely should keep it up! Good job guys and girls.” -Brittney Byford, Scurry TX “They need bigger cages! Really! My favorite snake is the tiger snake one.” -Carson, Lakewood CO “I love rattlesnake. I just love them. They are pretty.” -Avery “They are cool but deadly! It is sad that some species are extinct.” -Devon, Lakewood, CO “What a fantastic exhibit! Lots of great information and so comprehensive. Wonderful to be able to compare all the varieties and see them so close up. Our daughter learned a lot!” -Joanna, Daniella, Alessanore, and Doug, Chicago IL “They are dangerous, but cool.” -Griffin S. “I like snakes because they are awesome.” -Ryder Sanders “My bro loves snakes but I think they are creepy.” -Trinity B., Colorado “My sister does not like snakes.” -Donovan “I love the snakes” -Aiden “They are cool. They are fun to look at!” -Alexis, Hays KS “I think they are scary and creepy.” -Paisley “Some of the most poisonous snakes I have ever seen, are here!” -Joshua Miller “I think it was terrifying! I really liked it though.” -Unknown