The Insectarium Arrives!
06/25/08
New Orleans’ first major attraction since Katrina opens: The Insectarium!
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) – Ron Forman wants to change grown-ups’ views of bugs and spiders from “ewww!” to “cool!”
After all, such critters clean the earth, pollinate plants and form a huge chunk of the food chain.
“Without insects, nature doesn’t exist,” said Forman, chief executive of the new Audubon Insectarium, the first major tourist attraction to open in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.
The facility, built with $6.2 million in private donations and $20 million in public money, is one of only a few stand-alone, nonprofit insectariums.
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