Photo Gallery A Weakness for Reptiles
Europeans love exotic pets -- for awhile at least. An animal shelter in Munich specializes in abandoned reptiles, and receives more animals than it can find homes for.
This little two-year-old alligator was found wandering the streets of Gross-Rohrheim, a town in the German state of Hesse. He had escaped from a travelling circus.
Foto: Polizeipräsidium Südhessen/ AFP
Europeans love exotic pets, and Germans have done their part to fuel demand for strange reptiles from around the world. Here, a chameleon which was confiscated in the Frankfurt Airport in 2007. Many pet owners abandoned their new scaled friends once they get too big.
Foto: A3472 Frank May/ dpa
Every now and then, Germans are surprised by escaped pets. A man in northern Germany found this tiger python under the hood of his car.
Foto: DPA / Polizei
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