[Hot Tabasco]

I “trained” one to come and eat fish from my hand

There's a FReeper who has a pet snapping turtle and I mean an actual pet. It roams around her house and comes when she calls it.......I wish I could remember her name.

[ZULU]

There was a biography about a remarkable woman named Grace Wiley. She really existed and was a reptile fan. She had pet crocs which knew their own names and came when she called.

She tamed cobras also.

See http://hclib.tumblr.com/post/4501763269/grace-wiley-snake-lady-when-minneapolis-opened.
Died of a cobra bite.