VISITORS of all ages enjoyed meeting unusual animals at a Flintshire pet store.

The handling day at Contact Pets, on Deeside Industrial Estate, invited people to come and meet the store's residents - including snakes, lizards, frogs, scorpions, millipedes and more.

Owner Dave Clark told the Leader the shop was 'heaving' as he estimates a few thousand people attended throughout the day.

He said: "People have had a chance to meet and hold the animals including Horatio, our 10 foot snake and Talulah the toad, who is the size of a dinner plate - they were definitely the highlights of the day.

"We have had lots of children in and we had packs to hand out to them and stickers - everyone really enjoyed it.

"It was great for them to get to meet the animals and find out more about them.

"You can go and see animals in the zoo but it is different to be able to hold them and touch them."