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[email protected] Great Attractions & Activities for Kids In Snohomish County, WA From a reptile zoo to exciting sports and children’s theater, families will find many forms of fun to keep the kids happily occupied while visiting Snohomish County. Rain or shine! Animal Encounters The Reptile Zoo. Most unusual – and a definite kid-magnet for its “gross” factor. It has enough crawly, slithery, scary critters to send kids into absolute ecstasy. The Reptile Man, Scott Petersen, has created an amazing zoo of 200 creatures including more than 50 snakes: rattlesnakes, pythons, cobras and mambas. Other caged critters include chameleons, lizards, scorpions and spiders; big tortoises amble around the yard. Kids can touch the scales of certain zoo inhabitants, feel them slither on an arm or observe as they take a meal. Children must be at least three years old. Plan your next birthday party here. Admission is $5 (child), $6 (over 18). Open year-round, Mon-Sun 10am-6pm. Call ahead to learn feeding times or make group reservations. Address: 22715 State Route 2, one mile east of Monroe. (360) 805-5300. http://www.thereptilezoo.org/ The Outback Kangaroo Farm near Arlington makes this unusual combination work by offering educational tours of its Down Under critters when it’s not selling Christmas trees. Your kids can see kangaroos, wallabies and wallaroos, llamas and alpacas, pygmy goats, ringtail lemurs, parrots, and peacocks. From March through October, four scheduled tours are offered Wednesday through Sunday at 10:00 a.m., 12:00, 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.