Chinese Boy Has Been Living and Sleeping with a Python for 13
Years  A family from Dongguan, China, has recently made
headlines after it became known that their 13-year-old son’s
best friend is a 15-foot Burmese python. The predator even looks
after the boy when his parents are away.  Most grownups would
turn away and run for their lives at the sight of a
220lb python, but 13-year-old Azhe Liu can’t get enough of his
slithering friend. Ever since he was just a few months old, the
two have been sharing the same bed, and today they are simply
inseparable. Six years before Azhe was born, his father, Chen
Liu, found a snake egg, brought it home and hatched it out. When
the boy came, the python already weighed 20 kilograms, but
having a snake around the house didn’t seem to bother the
family. ”I’d always thought them the most beautiful creatures
and I was interested to see what would happen when my son came
along,” Chen says. ”After a while we were certain the snake
wouldn’t hurt him and we began to leave them tog