He also shares his home with a venomous Gabonese viper, a spitting cobra, a python, and tarantulas.

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Frenchman who sleeps with alligators seeks refuge for venomous menagerie

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Singapore

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Near Nantes, a septuagenarian became known through social networks for welcoming more than 400 animals into his home. Most of them are wild animals like alligators or reptiles.

Près de Nantes, un septuagénaire s’est fait connaître à travers les réseaux sociaux pour accueillir plus de 400 animaux chez lui. La plupart sont des animaux sauvages comme des alligators ou des reptiles

« Les gens me prennent pour un fou » : un septuagénaire vit avec des alligators et des reptiles en tout genre

Sud Ouest

France

“People think I'm crazy”: a septuagenarian lives with alligators and reptiles of all kinds

When it storms, Philippe Gillet, 72, has an unusual bedmate:
Gator the alligator.
He is one of 400 crustaceans and amphibians that are part of the Frenchman's menagerie.
“There are protections for cats and dogs, why not for these unloved species? he told AFP.

När det stormar har Philippe Gillet, 72, en ovanlig sängkompis:
Alligatorn Gator.
Han är ett av 400 kräl- och groddjur som ingår i fransmannens menageri.
– Det finns skydd för katter och hundar, varför inte för dessa oälskade arter? säger han till AFP.

Philippes sängkompis  – sover med alligator

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Stockholm

Stockholm County

Sweden

Philippe's bedmate — sleeping with alligator

His neighbours have cats and dogs, but when 72-year-old Philippe Gillet settles down to watch television there is usually an alligator dozing beside him. His bungalow in western France is also home to a venomous Gabonese viper, a spitting cobra, a python, alligator turtles that can bite off a finger, tarantulas and scorpions. When someone

Frenchman who sleeps with alligators seeks refuge for venomous menagerie

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