VIDEO: Reptiles up their fitness game with water aerobics

MELBOURNE (KGO) -- Regular exercise is important for everybody to get the blood flowing... even if that blood is cold.

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Reptiles living at Melbourne Zoo have upped their fitness game with water aerobics.

Zookeepers have built a special hydro-gym for the cold-blooded creatures -- from rattlesnakes and lizards to turtles -- to improve their swimming skills and keep them healthy.

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