他的寵物是世界上比較大的蟒蛇

An English dad claims his pet Burmese python has grown into the world’s biggest, but is still welcome to live in his home — alongside his much smaller children.

一位英國父親聲稱，他的寵物緬甸蟒蛇已經(jīng)長成世界上最大的蟒蛇，但仍然歡迎他和小得多的孩子們一起住在家里。

Marcus Hobbs, 31, bought Hexxie from a pet shop eight years ago when the reptile was just 8 inches long. The constrictor is now over 18 feet, Hobbs claims.

31歲的馬庫斯霍布斯(Marcus Hobbs)八年前從一家寵物店買了這只只有8英寸長的爬行動物Hexxie?；舨妓拐f，這條巨蟒現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)超過了18英尺。

“I knew she would be big but she has shocked everybody by how much she has grown,” Hobbs, an IT worker from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, told South West News Service.

來自格洛斯特郡圖克斯伯里的IT工作者霍布斯在接受西南新聞社采訪時說:“我知道她會變大，但她的成長讓所有人都震驚了。”

The potentially lethal reptile, who is still growing, chows down on rabbits, stillborn deer, calves, goats and pigs — and poops enough to fill a large trash bag once a month, according to the news agency.

據(jù)新華社報道，這種仍在生長的爬行動物可能會致命，它會吃掉兔子、死鹿、小牛、山羊和豬，一個月拉一次便能裝滿一個大垃圾袋。

Experts say the biggest Burmese python was 18 feet, 8 inches long, but Hobbs claims Hexxie is even bigger.

專家們說緬甸最大的蟒蛇長18英尺，長8英寸，但霍布斯聲稱Hyxy甚至更大。

“I am very passionate about snakes and I try to help people understand them,” Hobbs said, adding, “I think people are so scared of them because they think they are going to kill them, but if people come around, I can talk to them all day long about snakes to reassure them.”

霍布斯說：“我非常熱愛蛇和我試圖幫助人們理解他們，我認(rèn)為人們之所以害怕蛇，是因為他們認(rèn)為蛇徽殺死自己，但如果有人過來，我可以整天和他們談?wù)撋?，讓他們放心?rdquo;

Hexxie lives in the three-bedroom home with his partner, Amy, 31, their two young sons, a smaller snake named Monty and Shiloh, the family Husky.

Hyxy和他的伴侶，31歲的艾米，還有他們的兩個年幼的兒子，一條名叫蒙蒂的小蛇和希洛的哈巴狗一起住在這個有三間臥室的房子里。

Hobbs says he would not bring Hexxie, who lives in the living room, out when his sons, ages 1 and 4, are around.

霍布斯說，他不會把住在客廳里的Hexxie帶到他1歲和4歲的兒子身邊。

“I would only do it while they were in bed or another room,” he said. “I don’t think she’d be dangerous towards them, but you have to use your common sense and I’m a responsible pet owner.”

他說：“我只會在他們躺在床上或其他房間的時候做。”。“我不認(rèn)為Hyxy會對他們有危險，但你必須要有常識，我是一個負(fù)責(zé)任的寵物主人。”

He said the closest Hexxie has ever come to attacking him was when he had to apply iodine to a skin infection.

當(dāng)他不得不給皮膚感染的蟒蛇涂碘酒時，Hyxy差點兒攻擊了他。