PUPILS have been treated to some animal magic as exotic creepy-crawlies visited a school in Darlington.

Eastbourne Comprehensive School was visited by Zoolab, a travelling exhibition which educates children about animals from all over the world.

Year eight pupils at the school got the chance to see the animals.

Teacher Sarah Spence said: "We had a large cockroach, a jungle nymph - which is a type of stick insect - a large frog, a king snake, a giant African snail and a tarantula.

"They were allowed to touch them and even hold some of them - except the tarantulas, of course. The kids loved it and learned a lot about the animals as well as having fun."