A video has emerged showing a three year old boy riding a 20-foot-long python in floodwaters.
According to the Daily Mail,ポルノ映画 米国 the snake is a family pet, kept in their home in Thanh Hoa province in northern Vietnam.
SEE ALSO: Frightened teens had to watch a giant snake slithering up the side of their moving car windowFootage shows the boy sitting on the snake and "riding" it, the same way you would a horse.
The boy's aunt, An Nguyen, dispelled rumours that the footage was fake and told the Daily Mailthat the family have had the python for four years as a pet.
"The python is 80kg...and very gentle. It was a rainy day and the water flooded to the edge of the yard. So they put the python in there to play and relax," she said.
Vietnam has been hit by heavy floods which have killed some 72 people, according to the country's disaster prevention agency.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Luong Thai Linh/Epa/REX/Shutterstock (7935847o)
A Man Holding His Son Walks in a Flooded Alley in Hanoi Vietnam 25 May 2016 Heavy Rain Since the Day Before Caused Flooding and Made Many Streets Impassable in Hanoi According to Local Media Viet Nam Hanoi
Vietnam Flood - May 2016 Credit: Luong Thai Linh/Epa/REX/Shutterstock Thousands of houses have been submerged and more than 22,000 hectares (54,300 acres) of rice fields left destroyed.
Tropical Typhoon Kanun, which has made landfall in Southern China, is expected to make its way to Vietnam and could bring heavier rains to the region.
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