Boas are big this summer

WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers SNAKES ALIVE—Above, left, Callie Stork, 10; Bobby Sillman, 9; Will Wolfe, 8; Spencer High, 9; and Sierra Melendez, 7; say hello to Tomaco, a Columbian boa constrictor, with help from the Wildlife Company's Shauna Falzone, far left and Jessica Leigh, far right, during a presentation at the Calabasas Library. Now in its new location at the Calabasas Civic Center, the library hosts regular programs involving wild animals and other exotic fare. At left, Lynn Chaplin carries a boa of a different sort while dressing in costume and attending last weekend's summer gala at the Leonis Adobe Museum. For more on that story, see page 16.

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