10:03am: Ryan LaPierre greets vacationers weekly at the Ocean Watch Resort. His Out of the Ark business brings the "zoo to you," for private and public functions all along the Grand Strand. He mixes education with entertainment to the delight of young and old. Photo by Jarod Castro.
10:13am: Ryan with Sunny the albino Burmese Python. Photo by Jarod Castro.
The Out of the Ark team has done TV appearances, shopping mall shows and presentations for school groups. Sunny, an albino Burmese Python, is always a hit, as is Chubbs, a small American Alligator.
Photo courtesy of Out of the Ark.
10:02am. Photo by Jarod Castro.
Ryan LaPierre explains to a group that Coca, a coati mundi and in the racoon family, starts most mornings with quail eggs, shell and all. Photo by Jarod Castro.
A resident at Watercrest Senior Living in Myrtle Beach, cuddles Chubbs, a four-year-old American Alligator. Out of the Ark makes many visits to area Senior centers. Photo courtesy of Watercrest Senior Living.
