This is the shocking moment a 13ft python wrapped itself around a toddler’s head - while her father watched on.

Snake enthusiast Jamie Guarino, from Walled Lake, Detroit, America, insisted that his 14-month-old daughter Alyssa was in no danger from their giant ten-year-old pet snake Nay-Nay at the time.

Although the video was shot six years ago, the debate over it has reignited after it was shared on Facebook on Monday by Beast Buddies, a media channel which showcases owners obsessed with their exotic pets, reports the .

Guarino said that he released the video to challenge people’s perceptions around snakes and to prove that human fears of them are often irrational.

‘I was showing the simple fact that snakes are not evil creatures,’ he said in the video.

‘They can be a loving pet despite their bad reputation. My daughter was absolutely in no danger.’

‘There are 95 per cent more dog attacks then snake attacks,’ he says in the video.

‘When people see this clip they mostly react with fear or negativity and I don’t understand why because as you can see the snake is just roaming around and has no interest in biting her, choking her or swallowing her,’ he continued.

‘This is an embedded fear and I think people are brainwashed.’

Guarino and another daughter of his called Krista run SnakeHunters TV , a YouTube Channel dedicated to changing perceptions about snakes.

People took to social media comment on the video.

Jennifer L Moyer wrote: ‘That thing is measuring the weight and mass of this kid for a future meal but....thats none of my business.’

But Jody Lord disagreed and wrote: ‘To all those saying this is bad, this is crazy this is an accident waiting to happen a responsible herper knows their snakes knows their temperament this is no more danderous than leaving your baby with a kitten oh wait sorry the kitten actually poses more of a threat than this snake , get over yourselves!’

However Terria Jean Walters shared a shocking story of her own about a snake and wrote: ‘My ex boyfriend had a python around the same size.

‘Never killed because he would feed the snake chickens by dangling it over the snakes head....he swore the snake wouldn’t hurt any animals because it was raised differently...

‘I believed him... but one day while gone the snake got out of its tank and ate my cat. I freaked out... I wanted the snake gone. He refused and in the middle of the night I got up to go use,the bathroom and saw the snake had gotten out again and was halfway in the hallway and halfway on my 2 year olds crib....

‘If I hadn’t gotten up my daughter could have been eaten. I moved out and obviously left the guy. These parents aren’t being smart at all. That snake is driven by instinct.’