I got to do a group Orca encounter when I was 10-ish. I spent all the time in line watching the trainers. When it was my turn to pet the Orca, I used the hand commands I'd seen the trainers using to ask the orca to open it's mouth and fully put my hands inside. Pet the teeth, the tongue, face...
please delight me with your most on-brand story from your childhood mine is that I quit Cubs after two weeks because it clashed with Coronation Street