Little girl grows up with two 16-foot pythons and has tea parties with them. We talked to her dad about how he introduced her to them when she was just a toddler!
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00:00A well-handled snake will often be better than a typical house cat.
00:10The snakes haven't bitten us, the cats have bitten us and scratched us.
00:20No one gets to see the good nature of these animals and what they're really like when
00:24they're not being stressed out.
00:29People believe that snakes size up and measure their food, and it's the biggest myth.
00:36Snakes are ambush hunters, they don't have time to work out point of reference, so they're
00:40not able to measure up or size food.
00:44Even if they were able to somehow measure their food, their food would have wandered
00:48off by that point.
00:50When I've introduced Bimmy to both snakes, Bimmy was about two years old and snakes were
00:55only about two foot boot laces.
00:58My daughter would just hold them in her hands at the time, but now they are so big she couldn't
01:03even lift them.
01:05Oh wow, how cool is that?
01:09Cher is a gentle diva, she's very particular, she likes her routine and she likes to make
01:14sure she's got fresh water.
01:23Sonny is normally really laid back, he's actually quite a really soppy snake as well.
01:30This is amazing, I don't think he's done this before.
01:34Not like now, he's enjoying himself right now.
01:39I know.
01:45As a parent, I had to make sure that both snakes were tame and sociable to be held.
01:52I spent every day, multiple times a day, getting used to human interaction.
01:58But on the other front, I needed to make sure my daughter genuinely knew how to be gentle.
02:04As soon as she understood what she needed to do, no grabbing, no poking, just being
02:09gentle and respectful.
02:11That's all I needed from her, was to behave how I behave and she proved that to me.
02:19Are you taking a shave?
02:21I'm making you some tea too.
02:30She's never left unsupervised.
02:34She's never allowed to feed them until she's a lot older.
02:41I think snakes are just amazing, beautiful, fascinating animals.
02:45I can retreat to my snake room and get away from all the horrible stuff that's going on
02:49in the world outside.
02:51My daughter is very lucky to be given this sort of experience under the circumstances.
02:57She gets to experience the true giants of the species and she has a very rare and unique
03:03relationship with them.
03:06I'm going to shave.
03:15I'm going to shave.