At a reptile festival held in west Indonesia a plucky four-year-old girl named Shaqila brought her own 80cm African ball python.

Shaqila is listed as the youngest reptile lover in Indonesia, and often participates in events such as this one in Padang, West Sumatra, filmed on February 17. Video shows her stroking and wrapping a python around her neck.

Shaqila, though young, is already a very experienced reptile handler, with her parents trusting her to look after her now nearly metre-long python.

Shaqila's parent Dhanu said: "Shaqila befriended the python when she was one-year-old and the snake was still small as well. Now the python is 80-cm-long and Shaqila can care for it by bathing and feeding it."

in the reptile festival held in the city of Padang, it was not only followed by adults, but also followed by a 4-year-old girl named Shaqila who had an African regius python with an 80 cm length.

Shaqila is present in this reptile contest Shaqila is listed as the youngest reptile lover in Indonesia who often participates in contests

it seems that Shaqila is very familiar with snakes who have been friends with Saqila, who is 1 year old.

shaqila's parents named dhanu said that, shaqila with his snake was friends since small shaqila and now he could take care of himself by feeding baths

"Shaqila befriended the python since Shaqila was 1 year old and the snake is still small too, now the phiton snake is 80 cm long and can be treated by shaqila by bathing and feeding"