HEHEEHHEHE...hey seriously it works....thats what i did too..and im asian too...they did forget about...and now my mom actually thinks my leopards and my hognose as "cute"...as for cresteds...they are a bit harder to keep...and i personall think theyre uglier...but thats just my opinion...chameleons are also harder to keep...i suggest u to start with leos...my friend breeds chameleons and tokays...and he said that chameleons are a quite easily stressed and can go on hunger strikes....if u ever get a chameleon...read up and get the most easily housed easily kept chameleon..better to have a healthy animal and get yelled at and then beat...than to have a unhealthy uneating animal that u can't care for...and get beat and yelled at...and once more because your reptile dies...well...good luck on your parents...but i personallyfound that if ur parents are hardcore anti-reptile...don't try to...u may find your chameleon in the trashcan...or if ur like us...u mite find your chameleon in ur soup....okay...why am i promoting horrible stereotypes of asians...haha..well laters...