DAVE the snail, Violet the Millipede, Lara the tarantula, Pebble the Rat and Amelia the cockroach were all guests of honour at a nursery school.
As part of a session about senses, youngsters got up close to the bugs to learn how they differ from humans.
The 28 children, aged three to five, also got a chance to hold some of the creatures brought into Busy Bees Nursery, in Barberry Place, Bicester. Manager Becky Clark said: “We had a session all about animal senses, and comparing their senses and how they differed from ours.
“The children were absolutely fascinated by them.”
Pictured, above left, are Alessandro Papagni and Frankie Russell with the cockroach and, above right, Tabitha Clark and Emilia Lubrano-Lavadera with the millipede.
Tabitha said: “I liked the snail best because I could feel its shell and it was slimy.”
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