JAPAN: UNUSUAL JAPANESE PET REPTILES

Record ID: 983634

  • Title: JAPAN: UNUSUAL JAPANESE PET REPTILES
  • Date: 1st September 1999
  • Summary: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. CU CHAMELEON IN TANK 0.07 2. SV AKIKO OHTAKE TAKING CHAMELEON OUT OF A TERRARIUM 0.14 3. CLOSE-UP OF CHAMELEON ON OHTAKE'S HAND 0.21 4. SV (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) OHTAKE SAYING: "My friends say it's scary, but it's actually a sweet animal despite its appearance. I think it's cute." 0.37 TOKYO, JAPAN (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 5. VARIOUS OF "SCALE" MAGAZINE/STILL OF REPTILES (3 SHOTS) 0.57 6. SLV "SCALE" EDITOR KAZU HARADA WORKING AT HIS DESK WITH SNAKE 1.04 7. CLOSE-UP OF SNAKE ON HARADA'S HAND 1.10 8. SV CHAMELEON CLIMBING UP WALL IN EDITING ROOM 1.16 9. WIDE OF ROOM 1.22 10. SV IGUANA IN A TERRARIUM 1.26 11. SV TURTLE EATING VEGETABLE IN A TERRARIUM 1.34 12. SV (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) HARADA SAYING: "Under the Japanese residential situation, a lot of people live in apartments especially in Tokyo. It's difficult to keep dogs and cats because they bark and mew, and we have to take them for walks. But snakes, lizards and turtles don't make noise and we don't have look after them much. Plus they don't require much space to live." 1.58 13. SV LIZARD 2.03 14. MV/CU OF DOCTOR CHECKING X-RAY PHOTOGRAPH OF A TURTLE (2 SHOTS) 2.14 15. CU/SLV TURTLE (2 SHOTS) 2.23 16. SV (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) HITOSHI KOIEYAMA, DIRECTOR OF THE REPTILE CLINIC, SAYING: "Pet owners have to prepare appropriate lights and heaters. In that sense it may require more work to keep reptiles rather than other pets." 2.37 17. CU X-RAY PICTURE OF LIZARD 2.41 18. SCU DOCTOR GIVING INJECTION TO LIZARD 2.50 YOKOHAMA, JAPAN (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 19. GV EXTERIOR OF REPTILE SHOP 2.54 20. SLV PEOPLE WATCHING REPTILES IN SHOP 3.00 21. CU TURTLE IN A TANK 3.06 22. SCU FROGS IN WATER TANK 3.11 23. SV FATHER AND SON WATCHING REPTILES IN SHOP 3.13 24. CU LIZARD IN A TANK 3.18 25. CU SNAKE IN A TANK 3.26 26. SV (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) KENJI TAKAHASHI, REPTILE SHOP OWNER SAYING: "When you keep an iguana at home, it reminds you of a different world and when you keep a turtle, it reminds you of a huge ground. Living in this concrete jungle, people are looking for a taste of nature." 3.49 27. SV/CU LITTLE GIRL FEEDING VEGETABLE TO TURTLE 4.01 28. CU TURTLE 4.07 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: TOKYO AND YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Reuters ID: LVA7C4SF9QIBYS4VQT4MFIE39IQO
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