When Mr Steven Teo and four of his young children attended the Singapore Zoo's Reptopia tour earlier this year, they cosied up to various lizards, snakes and frogs.
He says: "My eldest daughter Steffi was fearless and handled the reptiles like a professional. She's 10 and she held the snakes and lizards with her bare hands. She fed the chameleons with crickets from her palm."
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 30, 2018, with the headline Animal attraction: Cosy up to manatees and more. Subscribe