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Dozens of cockroaches entered my bathroom after the heavy rain. I used insecticide to kill them. And before throwing them away, I collect the group of cockroaches in the middle, which looks like a creepy display.

This cat is suddenly freezing when playing with its owner's leg.

A group of dogs is playing on the house porch when the owner calls them. While most of the dogs run, there is one dog walk with its tummy touch the ground.

A cat lay its body on the ground as the air temperature is rising.

A kitten is confusing to get the way down to the ground as it is standing on the car tire cover.

Indonesian police officers use fire fighting hose to spray disinfectant to the street of Makassar to clean the environment from coronavirus. The similar efforts are common in Indonesia as the government agencies think it is effective against coronavirus pandemic.

A woman bravely handle a python she and school pupils found at school.

A sleepy kitten can't hold his eyes and head for sleeping.

A pair of big king cobras are spotted mating in the middle of Musirawas oil palm plantation, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

A cat enjoys having leftover meals on the ground.

4 years old Indonesian toddler Dhylan Maharani plays with a 5 meter long python at a grassy area in Banten, Indonesia. Her father Syahrul is always watching his daughter while she is playing with python. "As Maharani and all her animal friends grow up, they also grow their love and understanding each other. But I can't let her play without me watching on her side."

A girl plays with 5 meter python at a dried rice field in Tangerang, Indonesia. Her name is Maharani. She is 3 yeards old toddler who is fearless when interact with animal such as python and crocodile. Maharani infamous with her video that shows she is brushing crocodile teeth. Another video shows Maharani applies medicine to a python with mouth infection. The python in this video is the snake with mouth infection a couple months ago. Maharani got her interest to animal from her father who is an animal rescuer. Her father, named Syahrul Effendi often buys animal from the pet market when he sees it gets mistreatment from human, probably its previous owner. From seeing her father cares many animals, Maharani then close to the animals from the age of two years old. She fearlessly touch python, crocodile, holding centipedes, mouses, crows, and other unusual animal. During her interaction with those animals, Syahrul always pay attention to her daughter so he could act quickly when Maharani in danger. But so far, it never happens and he sees that Maharani has build trust with the animal.

A kitten tries to steal fish meat from a fishmonger who cuts the meat on the ground. It is common in Indonesia that small fishmongers traveling by motorbike an carry a container that is loaded with fishes. They usually have certain area where the inhabitant regularly buy fishes from the regular fishmonger.

This is an old video I recorded when my family still ran a small piggery in our hometown in East Luwu Regency Indonesia. We had a local worker who always takes care of the pigs in the piggery. There was a funny moment when the man injected vaccine or vitamin into the piglets. The adorable small piglets were screamed while it was injected and so did its mother. Sometime the pig mother will stand and laid its front legs on the piggery fence. But after vaccination, the piggery then ran and play like nothing was happening.

An adorable toddler from Indonesia feeds the baby of black wing kite species in Indonesia. She shows her love to the bird by giving it with small cuts of meat and rub its fur during the mealtime. The girl, named Dylan Maharani is well known for her interaction with the animals. She was recorded brushed crocodile teeth, put medicine to python with mouth infections, and playing with centipedes. Reportedly the three years old girl got her animal-loving nature from her father, who provides care for injured exotic animals, and has been interacting with the dangerous reptiles since she was two-years-old. Effendi, when asked about concerns for his daughter's safety with these animals, commented: "I understand what the others' feeling. It is true that I am sometimes scared, but after seeing her interaction with the animal, the scary feeling goes away. "First time she plays with a wild animal, I always watch and give directions on what to do. But now, she has understood what to do as well as what is restricted when with an animal. "Every time she cures the animal, Maharani always cries and the animal will follow what she needs them to do. "It is never easy to handle a python with sprue. The animal must be stressed and doesn't want to be touched. "When my mother touched the python, it twisted on her arm very tight and hurt her. But when Maharani took care of it, the python relaxed and strengthened its body. "To be honest, currently I don't have any worries about her when playing with animals. I don't know why. I believe in her, and so do the animals."

Thousands of Indonesian supporters of PSM Makassar soccer club express their happiness on the street after the club win Indonesian Cup Championship on August 6, 2019. The eastern Indonesia club sealed the trophy after beating the Jakarta based club, Persija 2-0 in the second leg of the final and change the aggregate score to 2-1. This trophy felt special to the supporters as they had waited for 19 years to see their supported club lift the national championship trophy. Last year in the Indonesian soccer league, PSM had to receive the reality lost in the championship race to Persija after left only one point behind the capital city club.

A girl happily plays with her pet, a crocodile in a rice field irrigation. The video recorded in Tangerang, Indonesia.

This time my friend Syahrul Effendy went to a restaurant with me and several of my friends. As always, he brought his only daughter, Dylan Maharani with him. The didn't leave behind Maharani's pet, a crocodile they always called it Endut or Fatty in English. Maharani is famous for her action brushing and pouring powder to Endut. When we were in the restaurant, the adorable Maharani then share the same dinner with her lovely pet.

Hundreds of soccer supporters in Makassar cramped in front of the north entry gate at Mattoanging Stadium. They wanted to enter the stadium to watch the second leg of Indonesian Cup between PSM Makassar and Persija Jakarta.