VietNamNet Bridge – With drinks priced at only VND15,000-VND28,000 ($0.7-1.2)/ glass, the coffee shop on Hoa Phuong Road, in Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Nhuan District, uses reptiles like pythons, snakes, and South America dragons to attract tourists.



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The shop’s menu is impressive, with pictures of reptiles. The shop just opened but it has attracted many visitors, especially the young and, of course, those who love reptiles.




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Customers are guided how to play with reptiles.




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A boy says: "It is interesting to look at and play with the reptiles that I could only see on TV or the internet right here".




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Customers enjoy coffee next to a gentle python.




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A python wraps its body around glasses.




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A young customer plays with a python.




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The shop is open from 8 to 23h every day, with prices from VND15,000 to VND28,000/glass, which is reasonable for students and young people.




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This South African dragon is a Savannah Monitor. This is the most expensive species in this shop, from VND3 to VND10 million ($150-500)/head. Other species are priced from VND500,000 to several million dong.





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Green Iguana sourced from South America. Their major food is vegetables and fruits. They are considered mini dinosaurs at home.





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Milk snakes are gentle.




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A colorful frog.




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A customer takes pictures with a South African dragon.




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Customers can feed them.




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Mr. Tuan, the owner of this café – a reptile lover – says that the pets at the café come from members of the reptile club in HCM City, with the hope to transmit a love of reptiles to others.

 


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