A cozy, one-story house on Jacksonville’s Westside blends into its neighborhood off Normandy Boulevard like every other house on the block.
But walk up to the front door and the sign is pretty clear: “At this location you could be harmed by anything with 0 to 8 legs, scales or the Herper should you whine.”
Herping is the act of searching for amphibians or reptiles and the people inside do just that.
Entire rooms are converted into reptile lairs. Hot tubs and fish tanks are turned into alligator and crocodile ponds.