That may actually work if you were at a reptile show lol
I did have this issue back when I first got out of high school, high school made it to easy to pick up girls, they are trapt in the same building with you for hours they had to talk to ya at some point haha.
But you have to find your way of doing things. Every guy has his own way. I'm an IT guy so I learned in college to meet girls talk to them about their laptops and cool phones etc. When they were studying in the library on campus etc., almost every college student has computer issues. I would offer to help them and fix their laptops, it was a way to talk to them and meet them. Plus I was being a nice guy and fixing their stuff for free.
Also playing that game with my friends really got me over my social anxiety and I was able to meet many girls and determine what I wanted in a wife. Now I have my gorgeous girlfriend (soon to be fiance as soon as I can afford a nice piece of jewelry).