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Hey, kid! Like toads and salamanders? Detroit Zoo need you to be mayor
Wait . Let s rephrase that.
Ruth Marcec-Greaves, who oversees the zoo s National Amphibian Conservation Center and its surrounding wetland village, will tell you they already have perfect faces. Where some might take a gander at a salamander or notice a newt and recoil, “I look at them and think they’re the cutest thing I’ve ever seen,” she said.
What the next young mayor can do is put a human face on helping to save them. The application window is open through the end of the month, and if Master or Miss Mayor does the job as well as the incumbent, there might be some pretty cool travel involved.
Detroit Zoo seeks youth to apply for next mayor of Amphibiville
Trinity Favazza, 14, of Shelby Township, will round out her four-year term as mayor of Amphibiville at the Detroit Zoo this summer.
Photo provided by Angel Favazza
ROYAL OAK Young frog and toad lovers, take note.
The Detroit Zoological Society is now accepting applications from Michigan residents ages 7 to 12 to be the next mayor of Amphibiville, a 2-acre wetland village that houses the award-winning National Amphibian Conservation Center at the Detroit Zoo.
The building is home to large natural habitats for a wide variety of frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians, with an emphasis on education and awareness of the role they play in the environment.