'Feasts for Beasts' at LI Children's Museum
Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Mackenzie Reis, 2, of Lynbrook, marvels at a millipede at "Feasts for Beasts," an exhibit at the Long Island Children's Museum in Garden City. (Dec. 31, 2011)
An old-fashioned diner -- with a red-and-tan checkered floor, counter service and vintage glass sugar canisters -- has opened for business at the Long Island Children's Museum in Garden City. And it has some very unusual patrons.
A towering black bear, a raccoon, a beaver, a boa constrictor and a leopard all wait to be fed. Visiting kids become waiters, offering each animal the meal they've...


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