68-year-old Shi Jimin, a citizen in China's southern city of Haikou, have been living with a python for 7 years after he saved it from a local fish dealer.
Shi feeds the python with chicken, give it bath, and takes it outside regularly.
Now the python has became a member of the family and a star in the neighborhood.
Shi says he has considered of giving the python to a zoo in the future when he is too old to take care of it.