At an age of two, when most toddlers prefer playing with wrangling toys, a two-year-old kid named Jenson Harrison from Queensland, Australia, probably doesn’t prefer leading a normal life and is always keen to play with snakes and other dangerous reptiles.
7 News Brisbane has posted a video in Facebook, in which Harrison’s father—a snake catcher— reveals that his son is always excited about the idea of being surrounded by snakes and some other reptiles, although they have never exposed Harrison to the venomous snakes.
Jenson Harrison, the son of Tony and Brooke Harrison, is called “little snake boy” in his locality for his reptile-handling efforts. Harrison’s mother, Brooke Harrison, is also a professional snake catcher, and the whole family usually catches snakes on the Gold Coast in Australia.
“Within 24 hours of being born he was under Brooke’s arm, catching snakes … every single day since then he’s been surrounded by snakes one way or another,” Tony told 7 News.
Jenson can handle not only snakes but various other scaly reptiles, such as goannas and blue tongue lizards.
“A lot of people are concerned, they look at it and think that it’s dangerous,” Tony said.
“We watch him like a hawk, because he is very enthusiastic and if we didn’t watch him it wouldn’t be long before he went and grabbed something that would grab him back.”
Jenson is presently allowed to touch only harmless snakes, while his parents catch the more dangerous ones.
However, Jenson is learning an important lesson in his life, because of his parents, that “all creatures and all life is very, very precious.”
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