Kandal, Cambodia - Kingdom of
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Chamreun or 'Lucky', a three-year-old female python, is fed a chicken in the
village of Sit Tbow on May 18, 2003. Three-year-old boy Oeun Sambat has
become best friends with the four-metre (13.1 feet) long female python,
regularly taking an afternoon snooze inside her coils. Superstitious
villagers in the impoverished southeast Asian nation are flocking to see the
boy, who they believe has supernatural powers and was probably the son of a
dragon in a former life. Picture taken May 18, 2003, TO MATCH FEATURE
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