Hiss all in the family: Baby and Python Best Friends

Father of three Jamie, 34, from Michigan, USA, filmed then 14-month-old daughter Alyssa, with his ten-year-old pet snake Nay-Nay in an effort to educate people about snakes - which he says can be loving pets despite their bad reputation.

Jamie said:  "I was trying to show that snakes are not evil creatures, they can be a loving pet despite their bad reputation.

"My daughter was absolutely in no danger.”

"When people see the way Nay-Nay is with Alyssa they mostly react with fear or negativity and I don’t understand why.

As you can see the snake is roaming around and it has no interest in biting her, or choking her or swallowing her. This is an embedded fear and I think people are just brainwashed."   

Jamie has been a snake handler since the age of 16 and wants to bring his two daughters Krista, 10 and Alyssa, now 3, into the family business. 

 "I think the benefits of raising children around exotics is simple, they can open up their mind to something different rather than your average pet, added Jamie.

"My plan is to open up a reptile zoo with my daughters. we want to share our passion and educate people that reptiles belong.” 

But his relaxed attitude toward his beloved snakes raises eyebrows amongst people who see them as inherently dangerous.

Jamie said: "To those of you who might see this as irresponsible or dangerous, please don’t judge me based on fear or something you don’t understand.

Snakes can be and are loving animals.

"If you research the facts there an 95 per cent more dog attacks than snakes. 

"My daughter was absolutely in no danger."