Students react as Drew Desjardins pulls out a jungle carpet python Wednesday during an assembly at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston. The owner of Mr. Drew and His Animals Too in Lewiston held an exotic animals show for students during Catholic Schools Week. The All Saints Boosters Club provided the funding. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Drew Desjardins carries an African spurred tortoise Wednesday during an assembly at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston. The owner of Mr. Drew and His Animals Too in Lewiston held an exotic animals show for students during Catholic Schools Week. The All Saints Boosters Club funded it. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

A Madagascar hissing cockroach climbs on Drew Desjardins’ nose Wednesday, and another on his finger during an assembly at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston. The owner of Mr. Drew and His Animals Too held an exotic animals show for students during Catholic Schools Week.  Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Drew Desjardins, owner of Mr. Drew and His Animals Too in Lewiston, holds Hercules the boa constrictor Wednesday for Saint Dominic Academy students in Lewiston to see and touch during an assembly. The show during Catholic Schools Week was paid for by the All Saints Boosters Club. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Drew Desjardins unwraps a jungle carpet python Wednesday from a building support during an assembly at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston. The owner of Mr. Drew and His Animals Too in Lewiston held an exotic animals show for students during Catholic Schools Week. The All Saints Boosters Club provided funding for it. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Drew Desjardins shows students a blue-tongued skink Wednesday during an assembly at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston. The owner of Mr. Drew and His Animals Too in Lewiston held an exotic animals show for students during Catholic Schools Week, paid for by the All Saints Boosters Club. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Students react Wednesday as Drew Desjardins holds a jungle carpet python during an assembly at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston. The owner of Mr. Drew and His Animals Too in Lewiston held an exotic animals show for students during Catholic Schools Week. The All Saints Boosters Club paid for the show. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal