Snakes have their detractors - but Kyle Rutter and Aneesh Indrakanti are not among them.

The two six-year-olds went to the Snakes Alive! exhibition at the National Botanic Gardens on Monday and they fell in love with the animals.

Kyle Rutter (left) and Aneesh Indrakanti check out one of the snakes at the Snakes Alive! exhibition at the National Botanical Gardens. Credit:Karleen Minney

They also really liked the bearded dragon which accompanied the two of them as they ate their lunch.

But the snakes were the main attraction. Khin San, the boys' supervisor on the Woden Community Service holiday program, said: "They loved it. They loved the fact that they came up close".