A live seven-foot carpet python is wrapped around Mason Charbonneau’s neck and shoulders like a fox stole.

His presentation is about reptiles and he has a captivated audience of about 20 people seated in a semi-circle around him. Most of them are children who have questions ranging from what snakes eat to how they poop.

Charbonneau is a facilitator at Science Timmins and is hosting a demonstration of some of their live exhibits which include geckos and an African bull frog. Read more.