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REPTILE CHECKLIST
WHEN Do you want to add a reptile
JEREMIAH to your family?
THOMAS Do you have the time? If you
WAS FIVE, have time to care for a cat,
HIS FAVORITE you probably have time to care
MOVIE HAD A DRAGON IN IT. for a reptile.
That year, he got a bearded dragon. Can you create a happy place?
A bearded dragon is a reptile from Reptiles need plants, perches,
Australia. Reptiles are animals with and bedding. You must also
scales or bony plates on their bodies. keep the right heat and moisture
Snakes, lizards, and alligators are where they live. Some need a
reptiles. Jeremiah named his new place to exercise.
friend “Spike” after his spiky beard.
“This was the best present Did you do your homework?
my parents ever got me,” he says. Find out more about the reptile
Jeremiah had a lot to learn about you like. There are many reptiles
what Spike needed to be happy and who need homes. A quick Google
healthy. He needed a hot, dry place search can lead you to your local
to live. He also needed the right food. rescue or herp society.
Spike eats carrots, strawberries, leafy Checklist is from Jessica Watters at the
greens, waxworms, and hornworms. San Diego Herpetological Society.
Now 13, Jeremiah has two more
reptiles. He has a crested gecko
named Phoenix. He also has a ball
python named Mulan. “Sometimes
when I watch YouTube, Mulan
watches with me. She rubs her
body on the screen,” says Jeremiah.
facing pages: redrover. Jeremiah says, “Do your research. a book about Jeremiah and Spike!
“They love screens.”
Do you want a reptile friend?
Jeremiah's mother wrote
Show kindness. Be responsible.”
TheAdventuresofSpikeandJeremiah.com.
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