Flynn Ryder might be scared to ask about the frogs but we aren’t. Zoology teacher Kale Mann has many animals in his room but the lizards might be the most interesting.

“So for lizards, [as in] legged reptiles, there are two leopard geckos, one bearded dragon, and one veiled chameleon,” Mann said.

These reptiles are more often used as companions than teaching tools.

“Instructionally, they aren’t a centerpiece of instruction,” he said. “There are times where we use them as an example, briefly, but there are some students who really like to handle the animals. It helps them focus. It gives them kind of a connection”

As far as the naming goes for the geckos and bearded dragons, names tend to change from year to year; however, there is one that is not up for debate.

“The only [name] that I like to argue about with students is the chameleon, which is Pascal,” he said.

Pascal, the one at BV, is one of the most interesting creatures in the room.

“The veiled chameleon is from a rainforest on the Arabian peninsula outside of Saudi Arabia, and now he’s here,” he said.

During the school year the reptiles stay in Room 209, but where do they go when there not being held by students?

“The [Outdoor Education Library] camp owns them, but they’re not open during the school year, so there would be no one to take care of them. So several schools in the area take them during the year,” Mann said. “They go to the kids’ day camp in the summer.”