Cuban finds a majá and adopts him as a pet: "Maybe I'll take advantage of him"

A Cuban called Alexei, a worker at the Antillana de Acero Transportation Base, a creole majá in an area where he was plowing and decided to adopt it as a pet because perhaps he would get some benefit from it in Cuba.

"I was clearing a piece of land to plant and that's when I saw it. It was in a cave in a bush, sunbathing with its head out. I climbed up and picked it up. I'm taking it home to raise it," he explained.

In statements to Cubanet, Alexei said that it is likely that he can make some profit from this pet because there are some "eccentric people" who like to take photos with these animals.

He thinks he could charge for that. "I don't know, get 50 or 100 pesos. The thing is to keep the newspaper, because the Cuban has to be inventing to survive," explained the owner of the Creole majá.

He plans to feed his majá with guayabitos, rats and mice that he can easily find on the streets of Havana.

"When you capture a majá, they are a little messy, but manipulation makes them docile," he said while caressing his head.

He warned that the bite of this species is not poisonous but can give people fever.

Cuban snakes are increasingly popular as pets. Some people in Havana walk them and charge to take photos with these animals that should live peacefully, in freedom, in their natural habitat.

Alexei left with his pet, calmly riding his bicycle, until he disappeared in the hubbub of a Havana street. He did not comment on what name he would give to his Creole majá.