Small-town Oklahoma often has a certain allure for some people. Life seems to move slower in a one-horse town, and most people can enjoy that, if only for a single day.

Here's something you probably didn't expect to learn today, the tiny little dot on the map-- Fletcher, Oklahoma--has a full-on exotic park. That's the kind of thing you wouldn't expect in such a small town, but it exists. On top of that, it's a hands-on petting zoo.

Initially, when you think of an exotic animal park in Oklahoma, people automatically default to lions and tigers, oh my... but from what I can see on the Snider Family Exotics Facebook page, there's a bigger wow factor for all to experience. Getting hands-on with animals is fun at any age.

I remember the day someone brought a bunch of baby goats to the studios. We lost our minds and most of the workday playing with them. Now you're telling me I can be hands-on with a camel, lemurs, llamas, kangaroos, goats, sheep and a bunch of other animals I can't zoologically identify?

There's more too. Like, a lot more in the pictures on their Facebook page. I'd be game for it, pretty sure the kids are up for it too in theory... but I remember screaming at the top of my lungs the first time a giraffe stuck its head in the car window as a kid over at Arbuckle Wilderness.

Giraffe pictures were taken at the Nashville, TN Zoo
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Regardless, here's another prime example of why people need to stop saying "There's nothing to do in Oklahoma." There are no boring places, only boring people.

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