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Lilley Wiggins pets a ball python during the final summer reading program session of the Red Waller Community Library in Malakoff, held Aug. 7 at the Malakoff Community Center and featuring Wild Things Zoofari.

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Ivan Chewning (right) touches a lemur held by Wild Things Zoofari owner Dylan McDaniel at the Aug. 7 summer reading program at Malakoff Community Center.

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August Peek pets the red ruffed lemur presented Aug. 7 during the Red Waller Community Library summer reading program in Malakoff.

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Jayceon Tilley gets up close with a ball python Aug. 7 at the Malakoff library’s summer reading program.

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Ezekiel Galvan finds out the texture of a ball python’s exterior Aug. 7 at the Malakoff Community Center.

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Naomi Sanchez (from left) receives reading-related gifts from Red Waller Community Library Circulation Clerk Debe Pendley.

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Wild Things Zoofari owner Dylan McDaniel shows the prickliness of a tenrec by brushing it through his hair.