Large-scale reptiles take over New York museum

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CNN's Jeanne Moos tours a New York museum exhibit with larger-than-life reptile displays. Real 28K 80K Windows Media 28K 80K

June 23, 2000
Web posted at: 11:45 a.m. EDT (1545 GMT)

(CNN) -- Reptiles have always had a problem when it comes to their image. The mere thought of the cold-blooded creatures is enough to make some people cringe. In its new exhibit, the New York Hall of Science is trying to give some class to a class of creature that is often misunderstood.

Among the reptiles on exhibit: a 40-foot-long diamondback rattlesnake and a giant snapping turtle. Fortunately for visitors, the creatures are not real. They are part of a robotic display designed to educate the public on how reptiles survive in the wild.

CNN's Jeanne Moos has full-size story.