Here are 11 photos of the team from Zoolab paying a visit to the borough between 2003 and 2010.
They brought frogs, snails, snakes and spiders and the children of schools such as Laygate, St Joseph’s and Hebburn got to meet them.
Enjoy our trip into the past with the help of these Shields Gazette photo memories.
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1. Pippin makes new friends in Hebburn
Alfie Grey and Georgia Moore made friends with Pippin the tree frog in this scene from St Joseph's Catholic Academy in 2003. | sg
2. Calling at Cleadon
A peppered tree frog came along when Becky Jackson from Zoolab visited the Just Learning Nursery in Cleadon in October 2003. Also pictured were pupils Kate Gordon and Elliott Gardener. | sg
3. Zoolab in Boldon
Martyn Pinto brought this cute snake to Boldon Comprehensive School in 2004 and plenty of pupils took a closer look. | sg
4. Dragon memories
Charles Harrison and a bearded dragon came face to face at the Hill Festival in South Shields in 2004 | sg