Life With Animals

Since we broke ground on the new Life exhibit on June 1, you may have noticed a little less squeaking and squawking going on at Orlando Science Center. But that doesn’t mean the animals have all gone into hibernation – there are still plenty of ways for you to interact with your favorite Animal Ambassadors!

Every day at 1:10 pm on the Science Live Stage, our incredible Animal Keepers bring out a few of our favorite friends to say hello! With a different show every day, Life With Animals is the perfect way to enhance your experience at the Science Center. You never know if you’re going to meet a sleek snake, a feathered friend, a creepy crawler, or even a happy hopper!

While Life will allow us to expand our living collection, Life With Animals lets us show off our established animal pals! Plus, while you learn more about the animal kingdom, our critter counterparts enjoy a unique opportunity for enrichment.

From our reptiles to our chinchillas, our birds to our arachnids, we have curious creatures for every aspiring zoologist! Shake a tail feather and fly in to learn more about life with animals!

DID YOU KNOW?

Prehensile-Tailed Skinks are the largest skinks in the world! Native only to the Solomon Islands off the coast of Australia, these skinks can grow to nearly three feet long! Stop by Life with Animals and you might just meet our prehensile-tailed skink rescues.

The vinegaroon is sometimes called whip scorpion, despite the fact that they inhabit their own scientific order! True scorpions are part of the order Scorpiones, while vinegaroons are part of the order Thelyphonida. Visit the Science Center to learn more about this truly unique creature!

The gopher tortoise is Florida’s only native tortoise species! With shovel-like front legs perfect for digging, the gopher tortoise has been known to burrow more than 20 feet deep and 50 feet long. Come say hello to our resident gopher tortoises and find out why they are considered a “keystone” species in Florida!