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Youth want to snuggle with slimy reptiles
(Xinhuanet.com)
Updated: 2005-12-12 11:11
The mere thought of slimy lizards, spiders, snakes and crocodiles is enough to make many people shudder but not for some Tianjin youngsters who have taken them in as pets.
Dogs and cats have to make way for those special scaly pets now coveted by thousands of Tianjin young people who are attracted by the animals' strange colours and shapes of those animals. Experts warn that those not-so-cuddly creatures need to pass quarantine and wildlife protection regulation checks before being raised at home as pets.
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