Tourists are being given the chance to get up close and personal with crocodiles at a Taiwan zoo.

Visitors can hold baby crocodiles while the keepers themselves are brave enough to clean their teeth.

Expert and park owner Chui-Hsi-He often performs for onlookers with the zoo's main attraction, a 25-year-old salt water croc.

Over the years he claims to have built up a trust with this and other crocodiles.

According to Chiu-Hsi-He, the secret to keeping the crocs tame is down to the Buddhist prayers played to the reptiles every day, coupled with the fact they are never fed moving prey.

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