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Jan 31, 2008
Cambodian boy has cold-blooded python pal
SETBO VILLAGE (Cambodia) - BEING responsible parents, rice farmer Khuorn Sam Ol and his wife might not be expected to be keen on having their child play with a five-metre-long, 100-kilogramme snake.

Yet they are unflustered that their 7-year-old son, Uorn Sambath, regularly sleeps in the massive coil of a female python, rides the reptile, kisses it and even pats it down with baby powder. -- AP

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