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In addition to cat café, dog café, snake coffee? Malaysia opens the country's first reptile café

author:Metropolis Express Orange Persimmon Interactive

You must have heard of the concept of cat café dog café, customers can interact with these cute furry children. The recently opened café in Malaysia has a very similar concept, except that there are no kittens and puppies. Fangs is a reptile café.

In addition to cat café, dog café, snake coffee? Malaysia opens the country's first reptile café

Malaysian reptile enthusiast Yap Ming Yang hopes that the customers of his pet-friendly café will be as friendly as his snakes and lizards as the customers of cat and dog cafes. On the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital, the glass tanks stacked around the café called Fangs are home to species such as bearded dragons, leopard geckos and corn snakes, which he says are common in Malaysia.

In addition to cat café, dog café, snake coffee? Malaysia opens the country's first reptile café

Customers hold and pet the scaly animals while enjoying drinks and desserts.

"People only care about furry animals, like cats and dogs, but people always ignore reptiles," said Yap, who has a background in environmental science, is a hardcore reptile enthusiast and a member of the Malaysian Reptile Society. "So I hope to show the public how fun and cute these reptiles are, and we can give them a better view of reptiles and other less popular animals."

In addition to cat café, dog café, snake coffee? Malaysia opens the country's first reptile café

He firmly believes that over time, customers will enjoy interacting with these animals as much as they enjoy interacting with furry animals. People often associate reptiles with disgust and unhappiness, and he wants to eliminate this negative connection between the two. He believes that once customers find time to interact with the animals, their fears are greatly reduced.

Nowadays, such cafes can be said to be all-encompassing. Lizards, snakes, alpacas, hedgehogs, mice... These strange animals have also become the protagonists of the café.

In addition to cat café, dog café, snake coffee? Malaysia opens the country's first reptile café

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In addition to cat café, dog café, snake coffee? Malaysia opens the country's first reptile café

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Orange Persimmon Interactive Reporter Jin Yingying Comprehensive Report

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