Named Ali and Gator, they stalk the 67 year-old Frenchman's house, along with hundreds of other creatures including some of nature's most-maligned species from rattlesnakes to tarantulas.
Over two decades the herpetologist -- the technical word for a reptile enthusiast -- has amassed a collection 400 strong in his unassuming house in a village on the banks of the River Loire.
A cobra lives in the coffee table, a 50kg tortoise roams the garden and at night Ali, the dominant alligator of the pair, sleeps with Gillet while Gator keeps watch at the door.
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