MEET the little eight-year-old reptile officer who spends his days snuggling up to crocodiles and goliath snakes. Thrill seeker youth, Charlie Parker, has helped his folks watch over the creatures at Ballarat Wildlife Park in Victoria, Australia, since the minute he could walk. Charlie, who has his own special diminutive officer uniform, held his first snake when he was one and handled his first crocodile only two years after the fact. Furthermore, now, in and around his chance at school, Charlie collaborates with the creatures like never before – and has huge dreams of turning into an expert zookeeper like his venerated image, Steve Irwin
