by Tutu Akinlade

For 52-year-old Liu Yuanfei, snakes are much more than wild animals or pets, they have become his family.

Yuanfei, who has lived with snakes for 30 years, conducts a show which many consider to be strange and even disgusting.

As part of his performance, he swallows the reptiles and also lets them crawls into his nose and out through his mouth.