Camilla kept a massive python as a pet for seven years, until the day the snake began slithering into her bed every night to coil itself around her body. She interpreted this as a sign of affection and even made a lighthearted video to show a friend who was a veterinarian. Upon seeing the footage, however, the veterinarian became alarmed and told her she had to part with the snake immediately.
Camilla had loved snakes since childhood.
While other children begged their parents for a puppy or a kitten, she would spend hours watching shows about reptiles and reading books about the world’s largest snakes.
For her sixteenth birthday, her father decided to give her a very special gift: he brought home a young yellow python.
At the time, the snake was still quite small. Camilla could easily carry it in her arms; it would sometimes coil around her wrist and remain there, almost motionless, for long periods.
