THE PYTHON CHER!

Hello beautiful people! How is your weekend going? Today I want to tell you about a very peculiar but funny story.

Emi is a 6-year-old girl who has rare pets, we are talking about Sonny and Cher, two snakes from the family of reticulated pythons that are more than 4 meters tall, are the pets of Ed Taoka's family. The curious Cher who is the closest to the girl has just shown that a python can also become a loyal playmate, which is not so strange considering that they have grown together.

Emi met Cher at the age of two, at that time the snake was small and the girl could carry her in her arms. However, to allow the girl and Cher to live together, her father Ed had to make sure that the python was sociable and meek, but also that his daughter knew how to be genuinely kind.

Cher lies on Emi and spends her time lying between her legs or on the sofa next to her. According to Ed, for five years they have been having fun together, trust being one of the key pieces for their friendship.

WHAT ARE PYTHONS?

Pythons, like their close relatives the Boas, are constrictor snakes, and by definition not venomous. Normally they attack, animals that pass nearby, kill their prey by suffocation, they first bite by grabbing them with their mouths and quickly wrapping their bodies around them. Once this is done, high pressures are placed on the ribs and lungs of its prey, which it cannot inhale in this way.

Contrary to popular belief, these snakes don't squeeze or crush their prey, and when they kill a normal-sized prey, in the vast majority of cases the pressure exerted by the snake is not enough to break any bone.

To me in particular it seems a bit odd but I like that they have pythons, I really like animals in general, I think I am only afraid of spiders and scorpions, but I would like to swim with sharks, touch a snake or feed a crocodile. That's actually on my bucket list hahaha

It seems to me that as strange as it may seem there are animals that are exotic and although they are more dangerous, if you educate yourself about the correct way of raising and the care that these animals should have, you could have them as pets. Taking into account that most of the time the habitat that these animals must have must be adequate so that they can continue with the more natural routine that they must have.

Emi's father comments that pythons can be pets if they are domesticated in the correct way, he has shared on his different social networks the day to day of his girl and her pythons. Precisely, one of those videos went viral on Facebook where you can see how the little girl plays and laughs with Cher, "My daughter and our snake Cher are the best friends", this has divided opinions because some users consider their risky way to have fun.

The images also generated criticism towards the parents of Emi who left her "exposed" to the snake without taking into account that it could strangle her. But she is so familiar with the animal that she even caresses it like a pet and even rests her face on it.

"Snakes are not pets", "this is quite uncomfortable to see", and "someone should report the girl's parents to social services", are part of the comments the publication received.

Although Ed has made it very clear that Emi never has Sonny and Cher unsupervised, some people still consider him to be very risky and shouldn't have pythons in his house.

What do you think? would you have any of them as pets?

I leave you the video of this great story!

XOXO Li